Re: Emacs is not reproducible

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hello, Bone.

On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:28:18 -0400, Bone Baboon wrote:
> I am using the Guix operating system.  It provides tools to verify if
> a software package is reproducible.

What does it even mean to say a software package is "reproducible"?

> <https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/en/html_node/On-Trusting-Binaries.html#On-Trusting-Binaries>
>  

> For details on how Emacs 27.2 is not reproducible see
> <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/35085#7>.  Previous versions of
> Emacs are also not reproducible as reported in that thread.

> For information on why reproducible software is important see
> <https://reproducible-builds.org/>.

> For information on how to make software reproducible see
> <https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/>.

> Is there currently any work underway to make Emacs reproducible?

Without knowing what it means, I can't really say, but I suspect not.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).