gcc -frandom-seed

-frandom-seed=string

     This option provides a seed that GCC uses when it would otherwise

     use random numbers. It is used to generate certain symbol names

     that have to be different in every compiled file.  It is also used

     to place unique stamps in coverage data files and the object files

     that produce them. You can use the -frandom-seed option to produce

     reproducibly identical object files.



     The string should be different for every file you compile.

http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.8.0/gcc/Debugging-Options.html#Debugging-Options

 相同源码、相同编译器的两次编译结果并不是binary identical的，这是因为编译器的部分功能依赖于随机输入（比如生成一些唯一的symbol，一个例子是C++中anonymous namespace在编译的时候要生成一个随机的symbol）

I have been looking at how to make binary reproducible builds in our 
project using gcc. It turns out that gcc gives functions in anonymous 
namespaces symbol names that are part randomized. If I compile our 
project with -frandom-seed=<some value> the random part of the symbol 
name will be the same each compile. The man page of gcc tells me that I 
need to use a different value for -frandom-seed for each file I compile. 

 

当然还有一个原因可能是源码本身有hack，比如__DATE__...