[rb-general] Need a tutorial on NT_GNU_BUILD_ID

[Ximin Luo]

anatoly techtonik:
> Hi.
> 
> I am trying to see why Inkscape build is not reproducible.
> https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/rb-pkg/unstable/amd64/inkscape.html
> It seems like there is problem with NT_GNU_BUILD_ID, but in
> order to fix that it would be nice to understand where it comes
> from, how it is being calculated. see the list of variables that
> participate in the formula and recipe how to fix them.
> 
> Currently there are no docs about it:
> 
> https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Freproducible-builds.org%2Fdocs%2F+NT_GNU_BUILD_ID
> 

Hi anatoly, as mentioned in doc you linked:

> When this occurs on unstable but not on testing, it's likely a form of captures_build_path.

We vary different things in unstable vs testing, and GCC captures the build path in debuginfo currently. I tried to submit a patch to them to fix the issue but there was too much paperwork and bureaucracy with the review process and I gave up.

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