a build reproducibility test

[James Cameron]

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 12:40:37PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:27:21PM +1100, James Cameron wrote:
>> Why can't the build system be replicated so that each developer can test
>> their change before releasing it?  What is it about the build system that
>> prevents it?  I thought the build system was just a set of downloads and
>> put-it-together processes.
>
> It can, it has been, and no one seems to care. See 
>
>   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Build_system
>   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Building_custom_images
>   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Puritan
>   http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mstone/Commentaries/Releases_2#Practical_Matters
>
> for some historical records of the discussions.

Thanks.

Re: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Puritan

Tried the puritan on Debian, stopped at a missing
/etc/mock/fedora-9-i386.cfg file, but I thought the build had moved on
to Fedora 10 now?  Why would it need Fedora 9 configuration file?  Where
would I get a Fedora 10 configuration file from?  Why does the current
production build system have this file?  Is there a specific mock
dependency not called out?

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