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# Reproducible builds
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A reproducible build means the following (as quoted from [the
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reproducible builds project site](https://reproducible-builds.org/)):
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> Reproducible builds are a set of software development practices that
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create a verifiable path from human readable source code to the
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binary code used by computers.
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Roughly what this means is that if two different people compile the
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project from source, their outputs are bitwise identical to each
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other. This allows people to verify that binaries downloadable from
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the net actually come from the corresponding sources and have not, for
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example, had malware added to them.
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Meson aims to support reproducible builds out of the box with zero
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additional work (assuming the rest of the build environment is set up
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for reproducibility). If you ever find a case where this is not
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happening, it is a bug. Please file an issue with as much information
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as possible and we'll get it fixed.
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