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I understand what he's getting at, but if you are trying to have an exact copy of code in order to guarantee an exact behaviour, then you would want to extend t

I understand what he's getting at, but if you are trying to have an exact copy of code in order to guarantee an exact behaviour, then you would want to extend that to the operating system used to run the software. One example was having code where the test suite ran fine on my local MacBook, but would fail on CI (Linux). It turned out that on Linux finding files by name is case sensitive, whereas on Mac OS it isn't, and a require statement in Node.js was referencing a file path with casing that was different to the file name's spelling.

smarx007 5y ago
Isn’t it where we are going with Nix and co?
- notthathardbro 5y ago
  This entire comment thread is just torture for anyone who uses real dep management tools like Nix and Guix. Sorry, but it's just exhausting watching the same asinine conversations play out over and over. I guarantee there are multiple people who have spent more time pontificating over pointless ways to microscopically improve the node tooling situation who could've picked up Nix in 1/10th the amount of time. But then again, I know there's a bunch of Nixers that pick their head up slightly, shake it, and then just go back to work on actually interesting problems instead of a millionth discussion about dealing with npm. Christ, the stuff people put up with. EDIT: Ironic, this being here along with the CISA/log4j post where everyone is yammering about SBOM (software bill of matearials). Again, I just glance over at Nix and go, "sure, what do you want to know, I can tell you instantly if log4j is anywhere and if it's a vulnerable version (excluding non-source-built packages in nixpkgs)".