GoKawiilNew build system 'tine' released as open source, based on Buck2
A team building an operating system focused on cryptographic integrity has published tine, a new build system built on Meta's Buck2. The system is designed to be self-contained, support pinning of every software component, integrate package import and update tooling, and enable full rebuilds and reproducible, hermetic builds across multiple upstream Linux distributions.
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By open-sourcing tine, the team appears to be inviting community contributions and reuse, which could help validate and harden the tool faster than a closed project would. The emphasis on reproducibility and hermetic builds suggests supply-chain security is a central design goal, reflecting broader industry concern about verifying what actually goes into software builds.
- Tine is a new open-source build system based on Buck2
- It targets hermetic, reproducible builds across distributions like Fedora, CentOS, Arch, and Debian
- Key goals include minimal dependencies, pinned inputs, and fast full-system rebuilds
Source: amutable.com, 2026-09-24
Published there as: “From Thin Air to Bootable Images: The Tine Build System”
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