Re: An update on ‘core-updates’

[Roman Scherer <roman@burningswell.com>]

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Hello,

if we include the jemalloc patch Efraim is talking about, could we please
also include this one here:

https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68257 (gnu: mesa: Build asahi driver on aarch64)

Btw, is there a way to figure out if the rebuild of jemalloc on aarch64
would affect (also rebuild) mesa?

Thanks, Roman.

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 10:02 AM Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 04:10:14PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > Hello Guix!
> >
> > Several of us have been fiddling with the ‘core-updates’ branch for a
> > while.  I think there’s now consensus that the branch is really
> > dedicated to core packages and (guix build …) modules, as embodied in
> > the new ‘core-packages’ team¹.
> >
> > We’ve updated GCC 11.x, glibc, binutils, and various packages from (gnu
> > packages base).  Notable exceptions are Coreutils, Findutils, sed, and
> > tar; I tried but that’s a bit more work, notably because their variants
> > in commencement.scm would no longer build because their build scripts
> > use sed patterns not supported by Gash-Utils.
> >
> > Long story short: I’d like us to freeze and merge the branch ASAP,
> > notably because the glibc graft on ‘master’ leads to a bad user
> > experience.  I’m happy with the current state of the branch and wouldn’t
> > mind postponing remaining upgrades for the next cycle.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Remaining work includes: checking that cross-compilation targets still
> > work after the recent Binutils updates, checking i586-gnu (GNU/Hurd) and
> > other platforms, and possibly addressing the Gawk non-determinism
> > issue².
> >
> > Currently package subsets are built here:
> >
> >   https://ci.guix.gnu.org/jobset/core-updates
> >   https://guix.bordeaux.inria.fr/jobset/guix-core-updates
> >
> > I don’t think I can commit to coordinating the stabilization effort
> > though as I’m busy with other things this month.  Would anyone like to
> > take the lead on this?
> >
> > Happy updating!
> >
> > Ludo’.
> >
> > ¹ https://issues.guix.gnu.org/67880
> > ² https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68378
>
> There's a patch floating around somewhere to adjust the page size on
> jemalloc on aarch64 to be at least 64k so that people running guix
> software on apple silicon don't have issues.  I think we should add it
> for core-updates so it doesn't get forgotten, I've seen it come up on
> IRC at least once a week.
>
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