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aborsytoday at 10:12 AM1 replyview on HN

There was perhaps no detected bug or attack. There have most likely been bugs or attacks that reproducible builds would have prevented.


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PunchyHamstertoday at 10:17 AM

And you base it on what exactly ? It's "just" making sure the build process is always ordered.

If anything it will make attacker's job easier, as Ubuntu package will have same files structured exactly same way as Debian one.