[tbb-bugs] #31564 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Android bundles based on ESR 68 are not built reproducibly anymore

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#31564: Android bundles based on ESR 68 are not built reproducibly anymore
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Very High                            |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-9.0-must-nightly,                |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201908, GeorgKoppen201908        |
Parent ID:  #30324                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:13 sisbell]:
 > Looks like Signal created an apkdiff script that ignores resources.arsc
 >
 > https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-
 Android/blob/master/apkdiff/apkdiff.py
 >
 > Briar went the route of a deterministic file system
 >
 > https://code.briarproject.org/briar/briar-
 reproducer/commit/22d04ff8bba956ec9647fd583ec655df691e15e5
 >
 > Are either of these approaches workable for us?

 Sounds to me like wallpapering over the underlying problem by taking extra
 steps during the verification process to work around the still existing
 differences, no? If so, I am not a big fan of those approaches.

 > A third route is to build and patch the gradle plugin ourselves but I
 have been unable to find the elusive change-id that google mentions.

 Yes, that's the preferred way I think.

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