That isn't the purpose. It isn't for end users to run. It's to be able to have confidence that the object code in a software distribution depends only on the

That isn't the purpose. It isn't for end users to run. It's to be able to have confidence that the object code in a software distribution depends only on the source code, and not on something that a clever attacker has managed to sneak in, using a variant of the Thompson "trusting trust" attack.