bug#29654: Manual database index.db embeds timestamps

[Ruud van Asseldonk <dev+guix@veniogames.com>]

Thanks so much for looking into this!

Unfortunately, I am unable to pull that commit. Guix pull output:

Updating from Git repository at
'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
Building from Git commit b8396f96bfeadfa63e7ad2afc2ab5a37f37f5f81...
The following derivation will be built:
   /gnu/store/m8wcw35f4d33rzf54zzcrg0g80m0zi4r-guix-latest.drv
copying and compiling to
'/gnu/store/2g14x91l9wh4wv8zsvnkfblrrdfcysg4-guix-latest' with Guile
2.2.2...
loading...	 17.1% of 659 filesBacktrace:
          12 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/9pgqmhjclkayr5bdhqfk69sbn84?")
In ./guix/build/pull.scm:
    127:8 11 (build-guix _ _ #:system _ #:storedir _ #:localstatedir ?)
In ./guix/build/compile.scm:
    158:6 10 (compile-files _ _ ("/gnu/store/2g14x91l9wh4wv8zsvn?" ?) ?)
   107:11  9 (load-files "/gnu/store/2g14x91l9wh4wv8zsvnkfblrrdfcys?" ?)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  2792:17  8 (resolve-interface (guix man-db) #:select _ #:hide _ # _ ?)
  2718:10  7 (_ (guix man-db) _ _ #:ensure _)
  2986:16  6 (try-module-autoload _ _)
   2316:4  5 (save-module-excursion #<procedure 44847e0 at ice-9/boo?>)
  3006:22  4 (_)
In unknown file:
           3 (primitive-load-path "guix/man-db" #<procedure 40e90a0 ?>)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
   196:43  2 (_ #f)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
   2795:6  1 (resolve-interface _ #:select _ #:hide _ #:prefix _ # _ ?)
In unknown file:
           0 (scm-error misc-error #f "~A ~S" ("no code for modu?" ?) ?)

ERROR: In procedure scm-error:
ERROR: no code for module (gdbm)

This happens even in an environment with guile-gdbm-ffi and gdbm
packages. Am I missing something?

Best,

Ruud

Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I went ahead and pushed (guix man-db) with MALLOC_PERTURB_ set as a
> workaround:
> 
>   https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=b8396f96bfeadfa63e7ad2afc2ab5a37f37f5f81
> 
> AFAICS this fixes the problem.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
>