From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Gerwitz Subject: Re: Skipping tests during install/build Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:55:37 -0500 Message-ID: <87poin3qx2.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87tw807ed2.fsf@gnu.org> <877f4vy1t2.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43550) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cd40D-0003ET-Vf for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:56:23 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cd40C-0004v4-QQ for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:56:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <877f4vy1t2.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Sun, 12 Feb 2017 14:30:01 +0100") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: help-guix@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 14:30:01 +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > The short answer is =E2=80=9Cno=E2=80=9D. The Boolean that determines wh= ether tests are > run is an =E2=80=9Cinput=E2=80=9D of the build process, and thus it contr= ibutes to that > /gnu/store hash. Changing it leads to a different hash. I was hoping for a `guix package -i --dont-do-this` kind of flag, not changing the inputs. > I think it=E2=80=99s a feature, though. :-) It is. I'm just looking to selfishly subvert your good intentions. :) > The intent is to have as much as possible available as substitutes. > However, while this works well for x86_64, the other platforms are not > in as good a state. Oh, I want to be clear that I don't have a problem with the state of ARM substitutes in itself; like I said, I'm surprised there are as many as there are. > So I think it=E2=80=99s a chicken-and-egg problem. Reporting the problem= s that > you have on ARM (test suite failures, build failures, etc.) can help > raise awareness and get people to fix things more quickly. Yep, will do. Thanks. =2D-=20 Mike Gerwitz Free Software Hacker+Activist | GNU Maintainer & Volunteer GPG: D6E9 B930 028A 6C38 F43B 2388 FEF6 3574 5E6F 6D05 Old: 2217 5B02 E626 BC98 D7C0 C2E5 F22B B815 8EE3 0EAB https://mikegerwitz.com --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJYoPX5AAoJEIyRe39dxRuiQlUP/2MZ/KEGHiwlqNsi+omzL7lb 8mCl2CQGQ5+90uMquIrKM3ptbYgFniw08OYT+YdRh3f0SHt08+1hmJvwSqL+BoRE trRGHXwY/Jz2ZipdJ4cF7dW67Iwrh/YAhyj+OUOtFAdt4dP7rRh+h2XrXoUXpmGT 5d2LcSrLRY/AE1hv92APO3RkgO4PW0fri4fckdk3H1F4K8r3rXAiTZ1fjEhYGG6L Z34RNpDCYvR/UTMW63h44JIW11Q9lnAD6bY9OfILYZkNAHyXHwAj5Rkwte4lOBBB LnHxHQi3sqgT/Z5pKa9g/lBM5UKD383/i/jFmwV/Rk842hiCtkzd1gz+Tyclglqi pGPIkQJiXgevIHHSZOsjZ+2ubdtDGaftTSmRwsNpS00VC+SLx7iVHXW/izexvXr4 mJVqyHKedYpm8rJOmgwLANFRhftCNcxJomwzNQV+xHLOW+8RD6pMYpr579K1O3rw spZJ5QwBTOjmTw71lyYxf5E6ex+Mehl4V6V8nryjlki0jOicCeaIu78gowQR2VnD q6iDQq8WyZ3ebIm6BXwJPQJ8rcXxLopZfbeBqlHOUCxXOMKbODxo2+s0FsT+oBHG 3X/zV6IXEDizSGtwx++MhJGN2Zgf4xWqWqw7+ekLRKZTJbZ4cCyZzu/umHhlZVVv MndHb5mI2LcWKGC3Kxkl =XjIu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--