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

> Hi,
>
> mbakke@fastmail.com (Marius Bakke) writes:
>
>> mbakke pushed a commit to branch master
>> in repository guix.
>>
>> commit 3e32eeb2478a9d3b46a2e858fdc416420bffe302
>> Author: Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
>> Date:   Wed Feb 1 15:16:07 2017 +0100
>>
>>     gnu: gstreamer: Update to 1.10.3.
>>     
>>     * gnu/packages/gstreamer.scm (gstreamer): Update to 1.10.3.
>>     (gst-plugins-base): Likewise.
>>     (gst-plugins-good): Likewise.
>>     (gst-plugins-bad): Likewise.
>>     (gst-plugins-ugly): Likewise.
>>     (gst-libav): Likewise.
>>     (python-gst): Likewise.
>
> Unfortunately, gst-plugins-base-1.10.3 has failed its test suite on i686
> three times in a row on Hydra, which leaves i686 users in a very bad
> spot, since modern web browsers, media players, and desktop environments
> become dependency failures.
>
>   https://hydra.gnu.org/build/1824127
>
> If we can't find a proper fix soon, we may need to revert this change.

I can reproduce it with `guix build --system=i686-linux` on x86_64.

Reverting is not a good option due to:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/284

Will try to figure out what's going on.