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bt1ayesterday at 5:07 PM1 replyview on HN

i thought it mainly implied architectural/hardware compatibility and deterministic output


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aidenn0yesterday at 11:16 PM

Nix mostly does not guarantee deterministic output. It rather guarantees deterministic inputs, and then sandboxes the system to inhibit the build from accessing the outside world.

Deterministic inputs do not always imply deterministic outputs.

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