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From: Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier@web.de>
Subject: bug#40867: guix build --rounds=N is miss advising
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 14:30:07 +0200
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The help section for `guix build --rounds=3DN` in 7.1.1 Common Build
Options is miss advising.

```
Note that, currently, the differing build results are not kept
around, so you will have to manually investigate in case of an
error=E2=80=94e.g., by stashing one of the build results with =E2=80=98gui=
x archive
=2D-export=E2=80=99 (*note Invoking guix archive::), then rebuilding, and =
finally
comparing the two results.
```

Should rather endorse `guix build --rounds=3DN --keep-failed` as this
option preservers all differing builds, not only one. This option was
proposed by Marius Bakke in IRC.