Le 04/08/2015 18:41, Valentin Lorentz a écrit :
> While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
> that ocamlopt relies on temporary files whose names are generated
> randomly and are part of the output files' symbols.
See #795784, #796336 and #786913.
> Therefore, we need
> After experimenting, it turns out the filename is stored in .o files
> (and the final executable)
Right, that's the whole problem :)
> You mean, generate the file using the temporary name then rename it into
> something that uses its hash?
Well, something like that. We need to be a little clev
Le 09/08/2015 21:46, Chris Lamb a écrit :
> My thoughts are that we can -- and should -- achieve the end result by
> making the calculation deterministic in all cases, ie. moving away from
> using an RNG altogher for this and basing the filename based on its
> contents.
You mean, generate the file
Le 04/08/2015 18:41, Valentin Lorentz a écrit :
> While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
> that ocamlopt relies on temporary files whose names are generated
> randomly and are part of the output files' symbols.
ocamlc relies on temporary files as well. In general, w
> Therefore, we need a way to make these names determinist.
I looked into this a few months ago but my OCaml is very rusty (it would
require a change in at least 2 places).
My thoughts are that we can -- and should -- achieve the end result by
making the calculation deterministic in all cases, ie
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While working on the “reproducible builds” effort [1], we have noticed
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