Subject: Re: bug#36443: guix build mixes build dirs?

From: Mark H Weaver <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 13:18:45 -0400

Robert Vollmert <[email-masked]> writes:

> So this is pretty bizarre, and I haven’t managed to cut it down
> to a smaller example yet, but it seems pretty clear that something
> is broken:
>
> $ guix build -K some-package
> -> error, referencing /tmp/guix-build-puzzledb-frontend-20190625-git.drv-0
> note: keeping build directory `/tmp/guix-build-puzzledb-frontend-20190625-git.drv-0’
> $ guix build -K some-package
> -> same error, again referencing /tmp/guix-build-puzzledb-frontend-20190625-git.drv-0
> note: keeping build directory `/tmp/guix-build-puzzledb-frontend-20190625-git.drv-1’

This is known behavior, and intentional.  The build is done within a
container, and the directory name within the container is canonicalized.

     Regards,
       Mark