From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pierre Neidhardt Subject: Re: Guix build output insufficient Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 12:41:23 +0200 Message-ID: <87lg88xqng.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> References: <20180911082653.27gmposcatilbsuq@thebird.nl> <20180911090425.ab2yanp2zc665da6@thebird.nl> <20180911115503.32e5817a@scratchpost.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47032) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fzgMB-0003Ld-MI for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 06:57:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fzg6t-0005eg-1L for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 06:41:35 -0400 Received: from relay10.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.230]:59089) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fzg6s-0005aT-QN for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 06:41:30 -0400 In-reply-to: <20180911115503.32e5817a@scratchpost.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Danny Milosavljevic Cc: guix-devel --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Also, on build failure, it would be nice to print a hint on what to > invoke to get to the failed build log after all (guix-daemon still wrote > it). Indeed. Is there such a command? What about adding a hint, for instance: Building /gnu/store/i0kxn9cpkw8ml5472s185kxa6n64kmir-webkitgtk-2.20.5.drv = - x86_64-linux +Saving log at /var/log/guix/i0/kxn9cpkw8ml5472s185kxa6n64kmir-webkitgtk-2.= 20.5.drv.bz2 starting phase `set-SOURCE-DATE-EPOCH' This would be doubly useful: =2D It makes it explicit to all users, without having to consult the manual= or some `--help` message. =2D With Eshell or M-x shell, we can directly find-file the log at point. =2D-=20 Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAluXm9MACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH9TjggAmlp06Am/dP8zNKoRd1E0I9rkmn1kDSMtQpQt2qeTL2UWJ1WaQNISlZqM yeOVdsEIz2BJJl3Y+iMrvryW/hF1ZX9AZGHM7835hAEwccbRgspsrJig3xq4h2vj 3Q3aQ/4gZs/1AOl7VuWpfotA1wcTbTgGqtJNWN31utQqt3/c30h83yWAw4l6TXfd U8b+EMLXEfgqOxQiXf1ZGUxoA44y1GacQyEmt9NWOxJjs+ouMjNNca/n5YCyV4LY jI/TelCZ53pPRqJz01t84+2qygqQjANBjYCXvdBAkWjzeWfBn84zBmKCno75W97H xjwPGdv+LXYbNqbmBmPf6HAUPkFolg== =Y5s6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--