From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Craven Subject: Re: [PATCH] gnu: rustc: Retain binutils. Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 15:05:26 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20170109134534.15933-1-david@craven.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38370) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQaa0-0008IA-NX for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:05:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQaZx-0002J4-CF for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:05:44 -0500 Received: from mail-qt0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::22b]:33333) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cQaZx-0002Iu-5N for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 09:05:41 -0500 Received: by mail-qt0-x22b.google.com with SMTP id v23so136205941qtb.0 for ; Mon, 09 Jan 2017 06:05:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20170109134534.15933-1-david@craven.ch> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel An idea: How about adding tests for packages? A simple compile check for a compiler or something like that. The problem with manual testing is that the environment could hide bugs. This would make sure that dependencies are retained and programs are wrapped etc. Useful or not?