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If you have dynamism like this in your build, doesn't that imply that no build system is reproducible?


My point was just that Docker doesn't ensure reproducibility. Whether a build is reproducible or not depends on the steps used, so its possible but not "ensured".

If you wanted to guarantee reproducibility, a hypothetical purely-functional build system could do that. I personally don't think that's necessary though, or that it would be worth the requisite trade-offs.


Yes, but previous commenter said

> I [thought] Dockerfile ensured that builds are indeed reproducible?

The example straightforwardly disproves that.




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