From: Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
To: George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com>
Cc: 33262@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33262: guix fails to find and use some available substitutes
Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2018 19:45:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <D79A075E-AB72-498C-8DFB-9BCD6B7F2C32@lepiller.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cucpnvj4ez2.fsf@gmail.com>
Exactly!
Le 5 novembre 2018 18:21:53 GMT+01:00, George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com> a écrit :
>
>Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> writes:
>
>> I think guix' message is a bit confusing: the .drv file is always
>> created by guix, it's the derivation. The derivation is built, which
>> results in a new store path. It can be built locally or by using a
>> substitute. What you see in your store is the derivation (.drv), not
>> its result. You can open that file to find where the result will be
>> stored and check if it exists on your machine.
>
>Hi Julien,
>
>Thank you. You are right, the .drv "out" substitute is not on my
>local server. So this is not a bug. SORRY for the noise ;-)
>
>After re-reading (guix) Derivations, I see I had a wrong impression:
>that the presence of a .drv indicates a successful build. But AIUI now
>it only means that at some point in the past we attempted to build the
>.drv. IOW, we will also have .drv files for all failed builds.
>
>Is that correct?
>
>Thanks! - George
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-05 18:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-05 1:09 bug#33262: guix fails to find and use some available substitutes George Clemmer
2018-11-05 1:29 ` George Clemmer
2018-11-05 8:26 ` Julien Lepiller
2018-11-05 17:21 ` George Clemmer
2018-11-05 18:45 ` Julien Lepiller [this message]
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