Re: unexpected reproducibility of reproducible blog post?

[zimoun]

Hi Ricardo,

On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 14:44, Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Konrad Hinsen <address@hidden> writes:
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> > One question I have been wondering about is the possibility of grafts
> > being an obstacle to reproducibility. Grafts are something I don't
> > really understand yet, so I cannot answer this question. In particular,
> > does a grafted package get a different hash from a package built with
> > grafting disabled?
>
> Yes.
>
> A grafted package is a copy of the original package but with all
> references to /gnu/store/AAAAAA-… replaced with /gnu/store/BBBBBB-….
> This is done recursively starting with the direct users of the
> replaced package and for all users of those users.

Could the grafts explain the mismatch reported before?


Cheers,
simon