GNU bug report logs - #45826
"build-system compiler failures are not cached as expected by Cuirass"

Previous Next

Full log

Message #34 received at 45826 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Cc: 45826 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, guix-sysadmin <at> gnu.org,
 Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Subject: Re: bug#45826: SBCL / Common Lisp packages fail to build on aarch64
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:36:39 +0100

Hey Chris,

> The behaviour is configurable, but the default missing inputs hook will
> submit a new build for a missing input, but only if one doesn't already
> exist. Because of this, you don't get the behaviour where some missing
> prerequisite that fails to built is built over and over again, every
> time you try and build a derivation that uses it.

Oh, makes sense, thanks for explaining. I also had a look to Hydra in
that matter. They are breaking a "Build" into "BuildSteps" corresponding
more or less to the build dependencies, or "Inputs" in the
Coordinator. This way they make sure not to submit multiple times a same
build to the workers.

It means that it is also no longer needed to cache build failures I
guess. I think it would be really nice to port this mechanism to
Cuirass.

Thanks,

Mathieu

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.