Hey Tzafrir, On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 3:53 AM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.co...@xorcom.com> wrote: > Hi, > > There is a patch in the Debian package to build Asterisk in a > reproducible way[1] if so needed. Patch is really simple, but as I did > not write it, I can't push it. I described what it does. > > If anybody wants to help Asterisk in that front: > https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-27499 > > Are there any other sources of non-determinism in the Asterisk build > process?
Great question - not sure myself. > I'd like to stress again that it's fine that the Asterisk standard build > process is not reprodicible (e.g.: includes a build timestamp), and the > patch does not break that. But there are useful use cases for a reprodicible > build of Asterisk. I haven't looked very much into reproducible builds and the benefits you get from it. Is the desire for reproducible builds mostly about some kind of perfect, a posteriori verification of running/pre-built code for reproduction and other debugging purposes? Or am I missing something? -- Matthew Fredrickson Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-dev mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-dev