bug#35085: Emacs is not reproducible

bug#35085: Emacs is not reproducible

[Maxim Cournoyer]

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Found on the latest staging branch. The diffoscope log produced by:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
diffoscope --exclude-command '/gnu/store/.*/bin/stat' --text=emacs.diffoscope /gnu/store/cjmgl8820dhxb400q9zv90b1a1z0px14-emacs-26.1{,-check}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

The 'stat' command output was muted to ignore the many occurrences of
differing link numbers (and reduce the attached log size).

Here's an excerpt:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
--- /gnu/store/cjmgl8820dhxb400q9zv90b1a1z0px14-emacs-26.1
+++ /gnu/store/cjmgl8820dhxb400q9zv90b1a1z0px14-emacs-26.1-check
├── bin
│ ├── .emacs-26.1-real
│ │ ├── /gnu/store/02iklp4swqs0ipxhg5x9b2shmj6b30h1-binutils-2.31.1/bin/readelf --wide --decompress --hex-dump=.data {}
│ │ │ @@ -13602,17 +13602,17 @@
│ │ │    0x0068f670 9caa9600 00000000 01000000 00000000 ................
│ │ │    0x0068f680 ffffffff ffffffff 00000000 00000000 ................
│ │ │    0x0068f690 07af9600 00000000 07000000 00000000 ................
│ │ │    0x0068f6a0 ffffffff ffffffff 00000000 00000000 ................
│ │ │    0x0068f6b0 94aa9600 00000000 09000000 00000000 ................
│ │ │    0x0068f6c0 ffffffff ffffffff 00000000 00000000 ................
│ │ │    0x0068f6d0 8aaa9600 00000000 8e720100 00000000 .........r......
│ │ │ -  0x0068f6e0 ebf66800 00000000 36f00100 00000000 ..h.....6.......
│ │ │ -  0x0068f6f0 fbf66800 00000000 ce3d3800 00000000 ..h......=8.....
│ │ │ -  0x0068f700 0bf76800 00000000 22e03b00 00000000 ..h.....".;.....
│ │ │ +  0x0068f6e0 ebf66800 00000000 12ec0100 00000000 ..h.............
│ │ │ +  0x0068f6f0 fbf66800 00000000 4abd2e00 00000000 ..h.....J.......
│ │ │ +  0x0068f700 0bf76800 00000000 c2313100 00000000 ..h......11.....
│ │ │    0x0068f710 00000000 00000000 06000012 00000040 ...............@
│ │ │    0x0068f720 5bf76800 00000000 7cf76800 00000000 [.h.....|.h.....
│ │ │    0x0068f730 9df76800 00000000 32000000 00000000 ..h.....2.......
│ │ │    0x0068f740 b6b1a700 00000000 fcf96800 00000000 ..........h.....
│ │ │    0x0068f750 00000000 00000000 50280000 00000000 ........P(......
│ │ │    0x0068f760 6bf76800 00000000 10df4300 00000000 k.h.......C.....
│ │ │    0x0068f770 00000000 00000000 9c000000 00000000 ................
│ │ ├── /gnu/store/02iklp4swqs0ipxhg5x9b2shmj6b30h1-binutils-2.31.1/bin/readelf --wide --decompress --hex-dump=,bss {}
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bug#35085: Emacs is not reproducible

[Ludovic Courtès]

Just a heads-up to say that this still applies to 26.3.  The affected
files are:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ diff -r --no-dereference /tmp/emacs.{1,2}
Binary files /tmp/emacs.1/bin/.emacs-26.3-real and /tmp/emacs.2/bin/.emacs-26.3-real differ
Binary files /tmp/emacs.1/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/calendar/cal-iso.elc and /tmp/emacs.2/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/calendar/cal-iso.elc differ
Binary files /tmp/emacs.1/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/cedet/semantic/lex-spp.elc and /tmp/emacs.2/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/cedet/semantic/lex-spp.elc differ
Binary files /tmp/emacs.1/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/cedet/semantic/tag-ls.elc and /tmp/emacs.2/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/cedet/semantic/tag-ls.elc differ
Binary files /tmp/emacs.1/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/cedet/semantic/tag-write.elc and /tmp/emacs.2/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/cedet/semantic/tag-write.elc differ
Binary files /tmp/emacs.1/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.elc and /tmp/emacs.2/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.elc differ
Binary files /tmp/emacs.1/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/eshell/esh-proc.elc and /tmp/emacs.2/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/eshell/esh-proc.elc differ
Binary files /tmp/emacs.1/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.elc and /tmp/emacs.2/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.elc differ
Binary files /tmp/emacs.1/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-bnf.elc and /tmp/emacs.2/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-bnf.elc differ
Binary files /tmp/emacs.1/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/vc/ediff-mult.elc and /tmp/emacs.2/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/vc/ediff-mult.elc differ
$ guix describe 
Generation 117  Nov 27 2019 16:43:08    (current)
  guix f678cc9
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: f678cc9c793bcf23ced842f815c5d98bbde5fa31
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Ludo’.

bug#35085: Emacs is not reproducible

[zimoun]

Dear,

An update to say that the situation is maybe worse.


Let build the same version than Ludo [1] with:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
guix time-machine --commit=f678cc9 -- build emacs
guix time-machine --commit=f678cc9 -- build emacs \
                                        --check --no-grafts -K
diff -r --no-dereference
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3{,-check}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

[1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=35085#8


Then, Ludo reported theses ones that I do not have:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
lisp/calendar/cal-iso.elc
lisp/cedet/semantic/lex-spp.elc
lisp/cedet/semantic/tag-ls.elc
lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mode.elc
lisp/eshell/esh-proc.elc
lisp/vc/ediff-mult.elc
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

but instead I have these ones:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/calendar/cal-islam.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/eshell/esh-cmd.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/gnus/gnus-int.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/net/tramp-ftp.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/org/org-lint.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/org/org-mobile.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/org/ox-md.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/org/ox-odt.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.elc
/gnu/store/zja4gdq52wxlppa0pq2j5id7pl9zfqkq-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-abn.elc
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

And building several times changes a bit this list, e.g., sometimes
'lisp/progmodes/ada-xref.elc' differs, sometimes not.


Using Guix commit 3c9e86ae8bf09d993e2e7a4ecb43d80da8fabb99, * means
appears in the Ludo's list and # in mine (above).

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
*/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/bin/.emacs-26.3-real
*/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.elc
#/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/emacs-lisp/eieio.elc
*/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/eshell/esh-proc.elc
#/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/gnus/gnus-int.elc
#/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/gnus/gnus-start.elc
#/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/net/tramp-ftp.elc
#/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/org/org-lint.elc
#/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/org/org-mobile.elc
#/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/org/ox-md.elc
#/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/org/ox-odt.elc
#/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-abn.elc
*/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/progmodes/ebnf-bnf.elc
*/gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/vc/ediff-mult.elc
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

For example, the file 'lisp/cedet/semantic/lex-spp.elc' sometimes
differs, sometimes not.


Maybe, the first step is to inspect the .elc files. But I am not sure
how to use diffoscope, I mean, I am not able to find my road with:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
diffoscope /gnu/store/54m1fqnkhjm5jy22barxy3r86jg6nsxs-emacs-26.3{,-check}/share/emacs/26.3/lisp/emacs-lisp/easy-mmode.elc
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---



All the best,
simon

bug#35085: emacs reproducability problem also affects emacs-next 27.0.91

[Jack Hill]

Hi,

I filed a duplicate bug earlier today while working on emacs-next. The 
problem now also seems to include the new .pdmp files.

Best,
Jack

bug#35085: Emacs is not reproducible

[zimoun]

Dear,

Just a heads-up to say that this still applies to 27.1.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
guix describe
Generation 86   Sep 09 2020 12:21:38    (current)
  guix ce022b2
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    commit: ce022b2e142c75b9e4d05fc1aec91e345dc374a7

guix time-machine --commit=057d584b98 -- build emacs --no-grafts
[...]
/gnu/store/wn1m7lwnasvwygbaf8ky413qzbm96mys-emacs-27.1

guix time-machine --commit=057d584b98 \
     -- build emacs --check --no-grafts
[...]
guix build: error: derivation `/gnu/store/s9avsbm004zjrkba9v58ricy2vk56gzz-emacs-27.1.drv' may not be deterministic: output `/gnu/store/wn1m7lwnasvwygbaf8ky413qzbm96mys-emacs-27.1' differs
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Then the files that differ are:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
diff -r --no-dereference /gnu/store/wn1m7lwnasvwygbaf8ky413qzbm96mys-emacs-27.1{,-check}
Binary files /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1/libexec/emacs/27.1/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/emacs.pdmp
and /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1-check/libexec/emacs/27.1/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/emacs.pdmp differ
Binary files /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/cedet/semantic/lex-spp.elc
and /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1-check/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/cedet/semantic/lex-spp.elc differ
Binary files /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/cedet/semantic/tag-file.elc
and /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1-check/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/cedet/semantic/tag-file.elc differ
Binary files /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/cedet/semantic/tag-ls.elc
and /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1-check/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/cedet/semantic/tag-ls.elc differ
Binary files /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/cedet/semantic.elc
and /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1-check/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/cedet/semantic.elc differ
Binary files /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/gnus/mm-extern.elc
and /gnu/store/…-emacs-27.1-check/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/gnus/mm-extern.elc differ
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---



All the best,
simon

bug#35085: Emacs is not reproducible

[Bone Baboon via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

Emacs 27.2 is not reproducible.

`guix describe` outputs:

```
Generation 24   May 12 2021 18:06:24    (current)
  guix d6aeebb
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: d6aeebb23639258311fdfb9dbf5f903079fde51a
```

`guix challenge emacs` outputs:

```
/gnu/store/c52rwsavrj62dc50y599zi215ibh6a5h-emacs-27.2 contents differ:
  local hash: 1d2cwadp5dhjmaw7ai3jnp306iqqs89dw5gm793j84wk0sxpyvhz
  https://ci.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/c52rwsavrj62dc50y599zi215ibh6a5h-emacs-27.2: 1ny8qvr5aha5ffm4mfh70b37512vxkayxq1nd25hsadpfyc19wj5
  differing files:
    /libexec/emacs/27.2/i686-pc-linux-gnu/emacs.pdmp
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/eshell/esh-cmd.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/net/tramp.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/net/tramp-ftp.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/gnus/mm-extern.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/gnus/nnmairix.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/gnus/nnir.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/vc/ediff-util.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/cedet/semantic/util.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/cedet/semantic/texi.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/calendar/cal-mayan.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/calendar/cal-persia.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/calendar/cal-tex.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/org/org-agenda.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/org/ox-odt.elc
    /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/mh-e/mh-junk.elc

1 store items were analyzed:
  - 0 (0.0%) were identical
  - 1 (100.0%) differed
  - 0 (0.0%) were inconclusive
```

bug#35085: Emacs is not reproducible

[Bone Baboon via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

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Bone Baboon writes:

> Emacs 27.2 is not reproducible.
>
> `guix describe` outputs:
>
> ```
> Generation 24   May 12 2021 18:06:24    (current)
>   guix d6aeebb
>     repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>     branch: master
>     commit: d6aeebb23639258311fdfb9dbf5f903079fde51a
> ```
>
> `guix challenge emacs` outputs:
>
> ```
> /gnu/store/c52rwsavrj62dc50y599zi215ibh6a5h-emacs-27.2 contents differ:
>   local hash: 1d2cwadp5dhjmaw7ai3jnp306iqqs89dw5gm793j84wk0sxpyvhz
>   https://ci.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/c52rwsavrj62dc50y599zi215ibh6a5h-emacs-27.2: 1ny8qvr5aha5ffm4mfh70b37512vxkayxq1nd25hsadpfyc19wj5
>   differing files:
>     /libexec/emacs/27.2/i686-pc-linux-gnu/emacs.pdmp
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/eshell/esh-cmd.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/net/tramp.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/net/tramp-ftp.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/net/tramp-gvfs.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/gnus/mm-extern.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/gnus/gnus-registry.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/gnus/nnmairix.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/gnus/nnir.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/vc/ediff-util.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/cedet/semantic/util.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/cedet/semantic/texi.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/calendar/cal-mayan.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/calendar/cal-persia.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/calendar/cal-tex.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/org/org-agenda.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/org/ox-odt.elc
>     /share/emacs/27.2/lisp/mh-e/mh-junk.elc
>
> 1 store items were analyzed:
>   - 0 (0.0%) were identical
>   - 1 (100.0%) differed
>   - 0 (0.0%) were inconclusive
> ```

Attached is the diffoscope output for Emacs 27.2.

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bug#35085: Emacs is not reproducible

[Cayetano Santos via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

Follow up as for today on emacs 29.4.

guix pull
guix build emacs --check --no-grafts

guix challenge emacs --diff=diffoscope --substitute-urls="https://ci.guix.gnu.org"

1 éléments du dépôt ont été analysés :
  - 1 (100.0 %) étaient identiques
  - 0 (0.0 %) étaient différents
  - 0 (0.0 %) étaient impossibles à évaluer

guix challenge emacs --diff=diffoscope --substitute-urls="https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org"
le contenu de /gnu/store/ca30y70bqjh3dvarixyrp6qwqz2l1wgy-emacs-29.4 diffère :
  empreinte locale : 184bn05cjw8nqs3zcyzmc99mph65zadjkh35mn011sigy1jxpkyl
  https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/ca30y70bqjh3dvarixyrp6qwqz2l1wgy-emacs-29.4 : 1mjal5c9iwkkvkffcbcwhlw8bpmbl7kizy0c1kbl7dhswawf5j2l

guix challenge emacs --diff=diffoscope --substitute-urls="https://guix.bordeaux.inria.fr"
le contenu de /gnu/store/ca30y70bqjh3dvarixyrp6qwqz2l1wgy-emacs-29.4 diffère :
  empreinte locale : 184bn05cjw8nqs3zcyzmc99mph65zadjkh35mn011sigy1jxpkyl
  https://guix.bordeaux.inria.fr/nar/zstd/ca30y70bqjh3dvarixyrp6qwqz2l1wgy-emacs-29.4 : 1mjal5c9iwkkvkffcbcwhlw8bpmbl7kizy0c1kbl7dhswawf5j2l

Not sure if this is good of bad news, though.

C.

bug#35085: Emacs is not reproducible

[Simon Tournier]

Hi,

On Tue, 05 Nov 2024 at 12:34, Cayetano Santos via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org> wrote:

> Follow up as for today on emacs 29.4.

The good news:

    https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/repro/

Let see if there is an upstream willing to tackle this. :-)

Cheers,
simon