From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: Option to disable tests from commandline? Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:13:13 +0200 Message-ID: <87bm8vuhpi.fsf@tobias.gr> References: <87o9cvw2oz.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> <20180918110758.lfmatbzq6rjubvyg@abyayala> <87tvmn11vk.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44490) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g2Ese-000884-LM for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:13:25 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g2EsY-0005pb-S1 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:13:24 -0400 Received: from tobias.gr ([2001:470:cc92::1]:43978) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1g2EsY-0005P9-Fg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Sep 2018 08:13:18 -0400 In-reply-to: <87tvmn11vk.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> 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: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: guix-devel Pierre, Pierre Neidhardt wrote: > I find it particularly convenient when working around packages > like Git where > the build phase takes about 2 minutes while the check phase > takes about 1 hour. Just curious: why don't you want to edit the package? And what do you mean by 'working around'? We can't (well, RFC-2119 'MUST NOT' :-) risk installing an untested git to the same output as a tested one: that would violate the functional model. Kind regards, T G-R