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by aborsy 44 days ago
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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There have most likely been bugs or attacks that reproducible builds would have prevented.

Like what exactly?

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.

> as Ubuntu package will have same files structured exactly same way as Debian one.

As opposed to what? If Ubuntu uses the same source, of course they get the same binaries. And if Ubuntu applies patches, they'll get something different. And that's still true.