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As an alternative to archiving the build chain, consider documenting a reproducible build from widely used components. The risk is that the components of the r
by rectang 7y ago
As an alternative to archiving the build chain, consider documenting a reproducible build from widely used components.
The risk is that the components of the reproducible build may no longer be available 50 years from now. But rolling your own archival is not bulletproof either, for the same reasons that untested backups aren't bulletproof.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoThe idea is that the components will be available 50 years from now, because you make sure you have them. All of them. My answer to your last paragraph is: Test your backups! If you don't, then you don't actually have backups; you just have a nice dream.