GNU bug report logs - #20272
Support reproducible builds

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Package: guile;

Reported by: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 11:49:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: patch

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
Cc: 20272 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20272: Support reproducible builds
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 02:09:55 -0500

ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes:

> Currently .go files embed randomly-generated symbols stemming from
> ‘syntax-session-id’, which prevents reproducible builds (see
> <https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2013-09/msg00159.html>.)

I've given this more thought, and I think I have a way that avoids
session-ids altogether.

Currently, we include both the session-id and a global gensym counter in
the names of freshly generated marks and labels in psyntax.scm.
Instead, let them include the module name and a per-module counter.

More later...

    Mark
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