Subject: Re: bug#41146: [Cuirass] Build non-substitutable packages

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 00:19:45 +0200

Hi,

Brice Waegeneire <[email-masked]> skribis:

> It would be useful to build non-substitutable packages on cuirass,
> without offering substitutes for it, to catch broken packages.  For
> example ATM the zfs package is broken but it hasn't been noticed
> because it isn't present on ci.guix.gnu.org[0].
>
> This wish item follows a discussion on IRC[1].

It’s not possible to build a package without publishing substitutes for
it: ‘guix publish’ publishes everything that’s in store.  In practice,
clients won’t try to substitute a package that’s marked as
non-substitutable, but they could.

Not sure what the best solution is.

Ludo’.