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[PATCH 2/2] scripts: time-machine: Error when attempting to visit too old commits.

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Message #23 received at 64746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>
Cc: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>,
 Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>,
 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>,
 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>,
 64746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64746: [PATCH 2/2] scripts: time-machine: Error when
 attempting to visit too old commits.
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 22:32:09 +0200

Hi,

Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> For other problems, there’s (guix quirks), which can, to some extent,
>> let us retroactively fix problems, though that should be rare.
>
> Is there any established policy around what (guix quirks) is allowed to
> do?  To be more specific, can/will it ever change derivation hashes?

It should not change derivations, which means it can only touch
auxiliary files like ‘build-aux/build-self.scm’.

Ludo’.

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