Running the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" Compiler
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HN comment orderWhat a coincidence, I was reading the GNU Mes project's doc today that's very relevant: https://www.gnu.org/software/mes/manual/mes.html
> Even when source is available, as in open source operating systems like Linux, approximately no one checks that the distributed binaries match the source code. This was not the case in 2023 for Arch Linux[1] back when the post was originally published, and is also not the case for Debian[2] since 2024. [1]: https://reproducible.archlinux.org/ [2]: https://reproduce.debian.net/
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 417
- Total comments
- 78
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-26 | Running the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" CompilerFirst breakout · Best thread | rsc | 287 | 67 |
| 2025-04-07 | Running the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" Compiler | udev4096 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025-11-16 | Running the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" Compiler (2023)Latest 20+ point return | naves | 120 | 11 |