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		antocv on Oct 24, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How I compiled TrueCrypt 7.1a for Win32 and matche... Isnt nix and guix a kind of solution that the deterministic build problem? They produce builds with hashes of the source and all dependencies and tools used, or so I believe after skimming their manuals.

edwintorok on Oct 24, 2013 [–]

They're not really a solution if the official binaries are compiled using VC, and you want to compare to that.

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