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Unable to build proot-static locally

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From: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>
To: André A. Gomes <andre <at> atlas.engineer>,
 63394 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63394: guix pack and proot
Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 19:20:04 +0200

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Hi André,

André A. Gomes <andre <at> atlas.engineer> writes:

> Hi Guix,
>
> I acknowledge the answers provided, but I'd like to emphasize that guix
> pack won't run if proot is broken.  This is a critical issue and a
> temporary solution is simple enough: disable the tests for the current
> proot version packaged.

As I mentioned above, disabling the tests is not a solution here, since
one of the tests failing is *actually* indicative of a regression in
PRoot, and we should not ignore it.  Specifically, it seems the
interaction between pthreads and current working directory sandboxing
isn't working IIRC.  I haven't heard back from upstream, I might have a
look at some point but I have no familiarity whatsoever with its
codebase (and I guess it's using some nasty tricks that will take some
time to understand).

Best,
-- 
Josselin Poiret

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