Debian 14 “Forky” to Ship with Reproducible Packages, LoongArch64 Support

Posted by hanuca on May 11, 2026 10:29 PM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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The Debian 14 “Forky” release is about halfway through the development cycle, and more features have surfaced, including support for the LoongArch64 architecture and reproducible builds.

Debian’s Paul Gevers reports that the decision was taken for Debian to ship reproducible packages, which means that if you take the same source code, the same build instructions, and the same environment, you can build a binary package that’s bit-for-bit identical every single time. This will be a requirement in Debian 14 “Forky,” and non-reproducible packages will be blocked.

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