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"guix build --keep-failed" and offloading

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Message #10 received at 46952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Léo Le Bouter <lle-bout <at> zaclys.net>
Cc: 46952 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46952: "guix build --keep-failed" and offloading
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 2021 11:12:48 +0100

Hi,

Léo Le Bouter <lle-bout <at> zaclys.net> skribis:

> I noticed using --keep-failed implies that offloading is disabled. For
> development of GNU Guix I offload all compilation from my laptop to a
> powerful server, not having offload with --keep-failed makes it
> troublesome to debug issues.
>
> I don't know if it's easy to implement but would be nice to download
> the temporary build directory along with all dependents at the end of
> the build instead of disabling offloading.
>
> What do you think?

One could check whether the build tree can be retrieved from (guix
scripts offload); it might be inconvenient, but probably doable.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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