bug#19772: Verbosity of guix build output

bug#19772: Verbosity of guix build output

[Andrei Osipov]

Consider this feature:

The output of confugre scripts and make can be either suppressed or
redirected to file by guix build. It makes easy to track the current
step of building process. 



<andreoss`> is there a way to suppress make output with guix?           [12:37]
<civodul> andreoss`: you mean in the Guix build tree?                   [12:38]
<andreoss`> civodul:  i want to see output of guix, but not of configure
            scripts and make
<civodul> when running 'guix build' and such?
<andreoss`> yes
<civodul> good question                                                 [12:39]
<civodul> maybe --verbosity=0
<andreoss`> thanks. i will try it when gcc is done                      [12:40]
<civodul> hmm actually no                                               [12:41]
<civodul> but that would be trivial to implement
<civodul> andreoss`: could you mail your request to bug-guix@gnu.org?

bug#19772: Verbosity of guix build output

[Ludovic Courtès]

Andrei Osipov <andrspv@gmail.com> skribis:

> The output of confugre scripts and make can be either suppressed or
> redirected to file by guix build. It makes easy to track the current
> step of building process. 

Just to be clear, I suppose you don’t just want something equivalent to:

  guix build foo > /dev/null

right?

So would you like to get rid of all the build output except the “build
trace” lines, those that look like:

  @ build-succeeded /gnu/store/n2yd2d3vxwidmqgzi1i3svqq5qjaczv7-inkscape-0.91.tar.gz.drv -
  @ build-started /gnu/store/5wp9r4mc3rwwp6x4vn422wy9s83nwqjv-gtkmm-2.24.2.tar.xz.drv - x86_64-linux /var/log/guix/drvs/5w//p9r4mc3rwwp6x4vn422wy9s83nwqjv-gtkmm-2.24

Or something else?

TIA,
Ludo’.

bug#19772: Verbosity of guix build output

[Ludovic Courtès]

Please keep 19772@debbugs.gnu.org Cc’d.

Andrei Osipov <andrspv@gmail.com> skribis:

>> Just to be clear, I suppose you don’t just want something equivalent to:
>>   guix build foo > /dev/null
>> right?
>
> Yes. As I can see the output belongs either to ./configure, make, etc. or to
> guix itself. Only the guix output is desirable, the rest is mosly
> garbage.  

OK.  What exactly do you consider “guix output”?  I’m asking because
from the daemon’s viewpoint, everything is build output basically.

>> So would you like to get rid of all the build output except the “build
>> trace” lines
>
> Yes, but it still might be usefull to take a look at this build output,
> for example, to review configure options or results of make test.
> Might be the build output should be kept in some conventional location
> the way some utilities like perlbrew do that. 

That’s already the case, see ‘guix build --log-file’.

Ludo’.

bug#19772: Verbosity of guix build output

[Ludovic Courtès]

Andrei Osipov <andrspv@gmail.com> skribis:

> <andreoss`> is there a way to suppress make output with guix?           [12:37]
> <civodul> andreoss`: you mean in the Guix build tree?                   [12:38]
> <andreoss`> civodul:  i want to see output of guix, but not of configure
>             scripts and make
> <civodul> when running 'guix build' and such?
> <andreoss`> yes
> <civodul> good question                                                 [12:39]
> <civodul> maybe --verbosity=0
> <andreoss`> thanks. i will try it when gcc is done                      [12:40]
> <civodul> hmm actually no                                               [12:41]
> <civodul> but that would be trivial to implement

Commit 5284339d9d31c97146d92ee3f860ba5c70b77c46 adds a ‘--quiet’ option
to ‘guix build’.

Sorry for taking so long!

Ludo’.