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SYSE.30:4.1 - Fix the output and the claim

Name the artifacts needed by the next consumer: for example an executable package and its dependency bundle. Distinguish them from build logs and other ancillary results. State whether the current need is to repeat the procedure, explain provenance, compare functional behavior, or reproduce the specified artifacts byte for byte.

Use the Reproducible Builds meaning of a reproducible build only for the byte-identical specified artifacts under the declared source, environment and instructions. If a comparison deliberately ignores selected metadata, state that narrower equivalence and why it is enough for the receiving use; do not report the same result as byte reproducibility. Do not exclude a differing file merely to make the result pass.