those kinds of differences are exactly part of what the reproducible builds project has worked on however debug symbols and "debug mode" are two different thin

those kinds of differences are exactly part of what the reproducible builds project has worked on however debug symbols and "debug mode" are two different things.. at least in debian packages are generally compiled with debug symbols on, then separated into a separate package automatically and stripped into the final package as a separate step. more here: https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/build-path/ https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/build-path/