| ▲ | crvdgc 4 hours ago | |
Nix also needs the build output to be deterministic to calculate the hash. It also has the problems of timestamps etc. The build environment tries to be hermetic by setting the time to be epoch among other things. | ||
| ▲ | lloeki 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is not a Nix thing https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/source-date-epoch/ (although Nix sets it as a default) | ||
| ▲ | stabbles 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Nix hashes the build inputs, for which deterministic builds are not required, only desirable. | ||