bug#26370: v0.12.0-2730-gfc5b12879 'guix system build' hangs on linux-libre-4.10.8

[myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>]

On 04/05/2017 at 19:31 Marius Bakke writes:

> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 10:55:45AM -0400, myglc2 wrote:
>>>   HOSTCC  scripts/mod/modpost.o
>>>   HOSTCC  scripts/mod/file2alias.o
>>>   HOSTCC  scripts/extract-cert
>>>   HOSTLD  scripts/genksyms/genksyms
>>>   CC      arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.o
>>>   AS      arch/x86/purgatory/stack.o
>>>   AS      arch/x86/purgatory/setup-x86_64.o
>>>   CC      arch/x86/purgatory/sha256.o
>>>   AS      arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.o
>>>   CC      arch/x86/purgatory/string.o
>>>   HOSTLD  scripts/mod/modpost
>>>   LD      arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.ro
>>>   BIN2C   arch/x86/purgatory/kexec-purgatory.c
>>>   CHK     include/generated/timeconst.h
>>>   CC      kernel/bounds.s
>>>   CHK     include/generated/bounds.h
>>>   UPD     include/generated/bounds.h
>>
>> The latest versions of linux-libre (4.10.8, 4.9.20, 4.4.59) are all
>> hanging around this point. However, they did build in the past:
>>
>> https://hydra.gnu.org/job/gnu/master/linux-libre-4.4.59.x86_64-linux
>> https://hydra.gnu.org/job/gnu/master/linux-libre-4.9.20.x86_64-linux
>> https://hydra.gnu.org/job/gnu/master/linux-libre-4.10.8.x86_64-linux
>>
>> And 4.10.7 hangs in the same way, so I think the issue is in an
>> unrelated change.
>
> Reverting dfee7daedb760f1b1d7506829ca31633f4173356 "gnu: bc: Update to
> 1.07" makes the build proceed.

Thanks Marius, that worked here too. Should I close the bug? - George