Re: [OE-core] [PATCH V4] go.bbclass: set buildid to empty string to improve reproducibility

Changqing Li
2026-01-14T06:48:32Z

Hi, Richard, Mathieu

I noticed V2 of this patch is in master-next,   and this is just a kind
reminder,

The only difference between V4 and V2 is the "commit message"

Regards

Changqing

On 1/14/26 14:44, Changqing Li via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> From: Changqing Li <changqing.li@windriver.com>
>
> Go packages and binaries are stamped with build IDs that record both the
> action ID, which is a hash of the inputs to the action that produced the
> packages or binary, and the content ID, which is a hash of the action
> output, namely the archive or binary itself, Refer [1].
>
> And action ID include hash of modroot, which will include build path,
> so this make go package not reproducible.
> Refer [2], keying off module path instead of module root directory is a TODO.
>
> [snip of log]
> HASH[moduleIndex]: "go1.25.3"
> HASH[moduleIndex]: "modroot /build-a/tmp/work/x86-64-v3-wrs-linux/buildah/1.41.5/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/lib/go/src/cmd\n"
> HASH[moduleIndex]: "package go1.25.3 go index v2 /build-a/tmp/work/x86-64-v3-wrs-linux/buildah/1.41.5/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/lib/go/src/cmd/buildid\n"
> HASH[moduleIndex]: "file buildid.go 2025-10-13 16:08:43 +0000 UTC 1704\n"
> HASH[moduleIndex]: "file doc.go 2025-10-13 16:08:43 +0000 UTC 558\n"
> HASH[moduleIndex]: 007b9fe2edd5b3232f5c98ae6c46e80a435141cb627ba5418c5314c0cbf4df7b
>
> Report this issue to upstream, refer [3]
> Workaround the reproducible by setting buildid to empty, refer [4]
>
> Refer:
> [1] https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/cmd/go/internal/work/buildid.go#L26
> [2] https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/cmd/go/internal/modindex/read.go#L70
> [3] https://github.com/golang/go/issues/77086
> [4] https://github.com/golang/go/issues/34186
>
> Signed-off-by: Changqing Li <changqing.li@windriver.com>
> ---
> meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass
> index b540471ba2..1c43b36fc0 100644
> --- a/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes-recipe/go.bbclass
> @@ -51,11 +51,12 @@ GO_RPATH:class-native = "${@'-r ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/go/pkg/${TARGET_GOTUPLE
> GO_RPATH_LINK:class-native = "${@'-Wl,-rpath-link=${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/go/pkg/${TARGET_GOTUPLE}_dynlink' if d.getVar('GO_DYNLINK') else ''}"
> GO_EXTLDFLAGS ?= "${HOST_CC_ARCH}${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS} ${GO_RPATH_LINK} ${LDFLAGS}"
> GO_LINKMODE ?= ""
> +GO_BUILDID ?= "-buildid="
> GO_EXTRA_LDFLAGS ?= ""
> GO_LINUXLOADER ?= "-I ${@get_linuxloader(d)}"
> # Use system loader. If uninative is used, the uninative loader will be patched automatically
> GO_LINUXLOADER:class-native = ""
> -GO_LDFLAGS ?= '-ldflags="${GO_RPATH} ${GO_LINKMODE} ${GO_LINUXLOADER} ${GO_EXTRA_LDFLAGS} -extldflags '${GO_EXTLDFLAGS}'"'
> +GO_LDFLAGS ?= '-ldflags="${GO_RPATH} ${GO_LINKMODE} ${GO_LINUXLOADER} ${GO_EXTRA_LDFLAGS} ${GO_BUILDID} -extldflags '${GO_EXTLDFLAGS}'"'
> export GOBUILDFLAGS ?= "-v ${GO_LDFLAGS} -trimpath"
> export GOPATH_OMIT_IN_ACTIONID ?= "1"
> export GOPTESTBUILDFLAGS ?= "${GOBUILDFLAGS} -c"
>
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