bug#48214: inetutils-1.9.4 build fails

[Mark H Weaver]

Hi,

Bone Baboon via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès writes:
>>> How can I use a package definition from core-updates with guix build or
>>> in a system configuration if it is not available on Guix's master
>>> branch?
>>
>> You can do better :-), you can install 2.0 from master like so:
>>
>>   guix install inetutils --with-latest=inetutils
>
> Thank you for sharing that command.
>
> I prefer to build locally over using substitutes.
[...]
> I would rebuild all the packages on my system if I could use inetutils
> 2.0.  Is there a way that I can rebuild all the packages I am using that
> depend on inetutils to use inetutils 2.0 (or more generally any newer
> version of package from core-updates)?

Right, the problem is that since you're avoiding substitutes, you need
to fix the core 'inetutils' package in order to build your system at
all.

Moreover, you're also having problems with overly aggressive test
timeouts in 'glib' (see <https://bugs.gnu.org/48024#20>), you'll need to
fix that package as well.

I've outlined one possible way forward here:

  https://bugs.gnu.org/48024#80

However, Ludovic might know of other alternatives.

    Regards,
      Mark

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