Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> kkebreau@posteo.net (Kei Kebreau) writes:
>
>> kkebreau pushed a commit to branch master
>> in repository guix.
>>
>> commit e5f748a6c0c774265f52c7246ee7b80bec6d3522
>> Author: Kei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>
>> Date:   Wed Nov 8 20:42:20 2017 -0500
>>
>>     gnu: totem: Enable parallel build.
>>     
>>     * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (totem)[arguments]: Set #:parallel-build? to #t
>>     implicitly.
>
> Your commit reverted the preceding commit made to our 'totem' package,
> namely:
>
>> commit a97bfa46cdb782f705204a50a10bca9fa98c56b2
>> Author: Adam Van Ymeren <adam@vany.ca>
>> Date:   Fri Oct 13 12:40:50 2017 -0400
>> 
>>     gnu: totem: Disable parallel build due to http://debbugs.gnu.org/28813
>>     
>>     Fixes <http://bugs.gnu.org/28813>.
>>     
>>     * gnu/packages/gnome.scm (totem)[arguments]: Add #:parallel-build?.
>>     
>>     Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
>
> Unsurprisingly, this caused bug #28813 to re-appear.  Since reverting
> this fix, one of the totem builds failed on Hydra with the same error
> message described in <https://bugs.gnu.org/28813>:
>
>   https://hydra.gnu.org/build/2352092
>
> namely:
>
> [124/150] Compiling Vala source ../totem-3.26.0/src/plugins/sample-vala/totem-sample-vala-plugin.vala.
> FAILED: src/plugins/sample-vala/sample-vala@sha/totem-sample-vala-plugin.c src/plugins/sample-vala/sample-vala.h src/plugins/sample-vala/sample-vala.vapi 
> valac -C --pkg libpeas-1.0 --pkg gtk+-3.0 -d src/plugins/sample-vala/sample-vala@sha --library=sample-vala -H src/plugins/sample-vala/sample-vala.h --vapi ../sample-vala.vapi --girdir=/tmp/guix-build-totem-3.26.0.drv-0/build/src --pkg=Totem-1.0 ../totem-3.26.0/src/plugins/sample-vala/totem-sample-vala-plugin.vala
> error: Package `Totem-1.0' not found in specified Vala API directories or GObject-Introspection GIR directories
> Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
> [125/150] Linking target src/plugins/ontop/libontop.so.
> [126/150] Linking target src/totem.
> [127/150] Generating Totem-1.0.gir with a custom command.
> ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
> phase `build' failed after 15.8 seconds
> builder for `/gnu/store/l6pv9v3kvvbj4dfnmqj2irmqzwa9hw4c-totem-3.26.0.drv' failed with exit code 1
> @ build-failed /gnu/store/l6pv9v3kvvbj4dfnmqj2irmqzwa9hw4c-totem-3.26.0.drv - 1 builder for `/gnu/store/l6pv9v3kvvbj4dfnmqj2irmqzwa9hw4c-totem-3.26.0.drv' failed with exit code 1
>
> I'd like to understand what led you to believe that removing this fix
> was appropriate.  In general, we don't add #:parallel-build? #f without
> a good reason.  The code even included a comment referencing bug #28813.
> I assume that you saw the comment, since you removed it.
>
> So, what made you think that this fix was no longer needed?  Can you
> help me understand how this happened?
>
>       Mark

I mistakenly thought Totem had been updated since that change and I had
built it successfully a few times on my computer. I've reverted this
change on master.