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Grafting prevents build plan from being displayed upfront

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
Cc: 28310 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28310: guix build -n misses package builds
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:24:01 +0200

Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr> skribis:

> On Sat, Sep 02, 2017 at 01:08:12AM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> “-n” now implies “--no-grafts” (commit
>> fd59105c49965db956fac73c68d8b00d068f5d5c).  This was motivated by the
>> need to have -n really perform a dry run.
>> 
>> The downside is that with -n we now see only half of the build plan, and
>> when we remove -n, we start with the other half of the build plan,
>> grafting.
>> 
>> The “build continuation” idea of ‘wip-gexp-grafts’, discussed in
>> <https://bugs.gnu.org/22990>, could in theory help with that.
>
> Okay, so to simplify, I am closing this bug report.

I’ve reopened it (it’s a real problem after all) so we can keep track of
it, and feel the relief when we finally close it.  :-)

Ludo’.

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