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Proposal: Make built executables deterministic #32782

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pjebs opened this issue Jun 26, 2019 · 5 comments
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Proposal: Make built executables deterministic #32782

pjebs opened this issue Jun 26, 2019 · 5 comments
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pjebs commented Jun 26, 2019 •
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Currently when 2 different people build the same code base, the generated Go executable is different. For starters, the individual GOPATH is written when panics are logged.

With Go modules, perhaps this issue can be revisited.
There is definitely value in the same Go code base built for same OS for same ARCH with same version of Go and dependencies should generate EXACTLY the same binary.
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cespare commented Jun 26, 2019

Go 1.13 will include a -trimpath flag; see #16860. That should make it easier to have fully reproducible builds. #32609 is for writing more documentation about this for the 1.13 release.

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beoran commented Jun 27, 2019

This is important for using Go in safety critical software, where the binaries tested and put into production must be identical. Until now, this meant that a build server was necesary. With 100% reproducible builds, a binary compiled on one machine would be identical to one built on a different one, which is means no build server is needed anymore.

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bcmills commented Jun 27, 2019

Go 1.13 should have exactly the properties you describe when the -trimpath flag is set. If you always want it to be set for any command you run, note that you can set it in the GOFLAGS variable:

$ go env -w GOFLAGS=-trimpath

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bcmills commented Jun 27, 2019

If you find that that is not the case (using go1.13beta1 or gotip), please file a new issue with steps to reproduce.

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bcmills commented Jun 27, 2019

Duplicate of #16860

@bcmills bcmills marked this as a duplicate of #16860 Jun 27, 2019
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