GNU bug report logs - #54311
[PATCH] gnu: tint2: Update to 17.0.2.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: "Wamm K. D" <jaft.r <at> outlook.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 20:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, patch

Done: 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> envs.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 54311 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jaft <jaft.r <at> outlook.com>
To: "54311 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <54311 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, 
 Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, 
 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Subject: Re: [bug#54311] [PATCH] gnu: tint2: Update to 17.0.2.
Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2022 22:16:38 +0000 (UTC)

> On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 03:57:51 PM CST, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> wrote: 
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> What Maxime means is that some forges (like GitHub) generate these archives on the fly, instead of the author uploading a 'stable' file.  You can usually tell them apart by the URL, but I forget GitLab's conventions.
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> These archives might be cached for a while but if they are regenerated the hash could change even if the unpacked data didn't.  This has happened in the past and breaks e.g. guix time-machine even if 'fixed' on master.
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> Hence we prefer git-fetch when available, or tarballs that look human-generated.
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> Kind regards,
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> T G-R

Ahhh; I see. Thanks a ton for the explanation, Tobias. I'll get this switched over to git-fetch, Maxime, while I look over your other feedback.
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