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Ask HN: Why don't we create checksum for source code?

1 pointsby franzwongabout 4 years ago
Suppose a developer puts the source code of an App in Github, so that we can review the source code to ensure it is securely safe for users. I know we create checksum for the binaries. But how can we know the App in App store is built from the source code in Github?

3 comments

bloakabout 4 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Reproducible_builds" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Reproducible_builds</a> ?
remexreabout 4 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nixos.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nixos.org&#x2F;</a> and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;guix.gnu.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;guix.gnu.org&#x2F;</a> are both angling to do this, but... it&#x27;s hard.
smt88about 4 years ago
The majority of useful software will not build into identical binary files each time.<p>If you trust the source code, it&#x27;s usually easy enough to build a mature FOSS app yourself.