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Note that NixOS's "build" step often actually doesn't do any compilation. Often it's just downloading a binary from github releases and runs NixOS's specific bi
by est31 2y ago
Note that NixOS's "build" step often actually doesn't do any compilation. Often it's just downloading a binary from github releases and runs NixOS's specific binary tools on it to make it look for libraries in the right places.
So if that process is reproducible, it's a different statement from a Debian package being reproducible, which requires build inputs in the preferred form of modification (source code).
- IngoBlechschmid 2y agoYou are right, but I would not agree with this appearing "often". I get the impression that the nixpkgs community tries quite hard to truly compile from source even quite complex projects like Firefox and LibreOffice.
- max-privatevoid 2y agoCompletely false. Building from the actual source code is strongly preferred and usually easier than patching a binary that wasn't built for such an environment.