Hi Ludo, 

it is indeed reproducible. No matter how many times it always keeps
failing on this one test. 

I've had this problem for a long time, which is a little bit annoying
since it means I have to wait until a substitute is available every
time. 

On 2017-11-20 16:55, ludo@gnu.org wrote:

> Hi Rutger,
> 
> Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com> skribis:
> 
>> test-name: dead path can be explicitly collected
>> location: /tmp/guix-build-guix-0.13.0-10.0b4c385.drv-0/source/tests/store.scm:178
>> source:
>> + (test-assert
>> +   "dead path can be explicitly collected"
>> +   (let ((p (add-text-to-store
>> +              %store
>> +              "random-text"
>> +              (random-text)
>> +              '())))
>> +     (let-values
>> +       (((paths freed) (delete-paths %store (list p))))
>> +       (and (equal? paths (list p))
>> +            (> freed 0)
>> +            (not (file-exists? p))))))
>> actual-value: #f
>> result: FAIL
> 
> I didn't experience this on my laptop.  Is it reproducible if you run
> "guix build guix" a second time?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo'.