Re: Freezing core-updates

[Matthew Jordan <matthewjordandevops@yandex.com>]

Hi Ludovic Courtès,

Just to clear does this mean any new package submissions are now be put on hold?

Respectfully,

-- 
Matthew Jordan
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Ludovic Courtès writes:

> Hello Guix!
>
> I hereby declare ‘core-updates’ frozen!  :-)
>
> That is, we should now work towards fixing the “core” packages, then make
> Hydra build everything, fix packages, and finally merge it.  I invite
> you all to spend a bit of time on it, it’s fun and profitable.  :-)
>
> Currently, the main problem is a frightening GCC 5.3 build issue on ARM:
> <https://hydra.gnu.org/build/1201428/nixlog/1/tail-reload>:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> make[3]: Leaving directory '/tmp/nix-build-gcc-5.3.0.drv-0/build'
> Comparing stages 2 and 3
> warning: gcc/cc1plus-checksum.o differs
> warning: gcc/cc1-checksum.o differs
> Bootstrap comparison failure!
> gcc/fold-const.o differs
> gcc/cp/semantics.o differs
> gcc/cp/optimize.o differs
> gcc/dwarf2cfi.o differs
> gcc/tree-ssa-sccvn.o differs
> gcc/real.o differs
> gcc/libgcov-driver-tool.o differs
> gcc/tree-nested.o differs
> gcc/lto-section-out.o differs
> gcc/c/c-typeck.o differs
> gcc/c/c-parser.o differs
> gcc/lto-streamer-out.o differs
> gcc/tree-dfa.o differs
> gcc/ipa-inline.o differs
> gcc/c-family/cilk.o differs
> gcc/gcov-dump.o differs
> gcc/coverage.o differs
> gcc/tree-inline.o differs
> gcc/omp-low.o differs
> gcc/double-int.o differs
> gcc/tree-ssa-math-opts.o differs
> gcc/simplify-rtx.o differs
> gcc/df-scan.o differs
> gcc/tree-switch-conversion.o differs
> libiberty/fibheap.o differs
> libiberty/simple-object-xcoff.o differs
> libiberty/sort.o differs
> libiberty/pic/fibheap.o differs
> libiberty/pic/simple-object-xcoff.o differs
> libiberty/pic/sort.o differs
> Makefile:21400: recipe for target 'compare' failed
> make[2]: *** [compare] Error 1
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Can someone with an ARM machine reproduce it?  I wonder if it could be a
> hardware failure.
>
> See <https://hydra.gnu.org/jobset/gnu/core-updates> for more.
>
> Ludo’.