Just a FYI: The fix of the last remaining bug towards full
reproducibility (on Linux, at least) of the JDK was given attention on
the reproducible-builds mailing list.
/Magnus
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Subject: JDK 19+21 early-access build is reproducible
Date: Fri, 6 May 2022 13:48:20 -0700
From: John Neffenger <j...@status6.com>
Reply-To: General discussions about reproducible builds
<rb-gene...@lists.reproducible-builds.org>
Organization: Status Six Communications
To: Reproducible Builds List <rb-gene...@lists.reproducible-builds.org>
Starting yesterday, for the first time, the JDK can create reproducible
builds of the JDK!
Pull request 8478 [1] was the last reproducibility bug remaining in my
JDK builds on Linux, and it's included in the latest JDK 19+21
early-access build. [2] OpenJDK 19 will be generally available on
September 20, 2022.
That also means there's nothing in the JDK that's holding back any Java
application from having reproducible builds. The link below lists all
the "reproducible build" fixes for OpenJDK:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/issues/?jql=labels+%3D+reproducible-build
I tested on six Linux architectures (amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el,
s390x), and the entire JDK is reproducible including the command-line
tools, demos, API documentation, JMOD archives, native libraries, and
man pages -- even when using a different build path. Note that I didn't
test on macOS or Windows.
A big thank you to Magnus Ihse Bursie and Andrew Leonard for doing much
of the work to make this possible.
John
[1]: https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/pull/8478
[2]: https://jdk.java.net/19/
