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Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Posted Feb 17, 2021 4:59 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo by dvdeug
Parent article: Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

> Recompilation has been known to randomly break applications as well.
Uhh.... Whut? Recompilation can't break applications, especially with repeatable builds. A bad fix that changes the API can certainly do that.

But it's way better than random breakages because the ABI has subtly changed.

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Python cryptography, Rust, and Gentoo

Posted Feb 17, 2021 8:33 UTC (Wed) by geert (subscriber, #98403) [Link]

If the compilation is needed due to a change in a dependency, it is not a repeat of the previous build. If it was, there was no point in recompiling it.
If the compiler has changed, the recompiled application may behave differently, too.


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