Subject: linux-libre is not reproducible (regression)

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 11:40:35 -0400

Hello,

I've investigated non-determinism in our linux-libre package, which
sadly appears to have regressed in that regard since I last looked into
it 3 years ago (see commit 01ea70a29c5c1ded31c37ce8c43192bc1956b2ca
("gnu: linux-libre: Make build reproducible.")).

I'm currently seeing these differing files:

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$ diff -ql /gnu/store/6vx6vkranmggv690ggm79zhdhwvmbji9-linux-libre-6.8.9{,-check}
Files /gnu/store/6vx6vkranmggv690ggm79zhdhwvmbji9-linux-libre-6.8.9/bzImage and /gnu/store/6vx6vkranmggv690ggm79zhdhwvmbji9-linux-libre-6.8.9-check/bzImage differ
Common subdirectories: /gnu/store/6vx6vkranmggv690ggm79zhdhwvmbji9-linux-libre-6.8.9/lib and /gnu/store/6vx6vkranmggv690ggm79zhdhwvmbji9-linux-libre-6.8.9-check/lib
Common subdirectories: /gnu/store/6vx6vkranmggv690ggm79zhdhwvmbji9-linux-libre-6.8.9/share and /gnu/store/6vx6vkranmggv690ggm79zhdhwvmbji9-linux-libre-6.8.9-check/share
Files /gnu/store/6vx6vkranmggv690ggm79zhdhwvmbji9-linux-libre-6.8.9/System.map and /gnu/store/6vx6vkranmggv690ggm79zhdhwvmbji9-linux-libre-6.8.9-check/System.map differ
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I'll take a look at what Yocto does differently, if anything.

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Thanks,
Maxim