-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__...