bug#21803: closed (Guitarix builds non-deterministically)

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> Guitarix builds non-deterministically
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> Sun, 01 Nov 2015 11:30:39 +0100
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux)
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> Guitarix 0.33.0, as of Guix commit 3c3e697, builds
> non-deterministically:
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> $ ./pre-inst-env guix challenge guitarix
> updating list of substitutes from 'http://hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> /gnu/store/6ksnwcqn92z2nf6qw5js7njnfqlifgpb-guitarix-0.33.0 contents differ:
>   local hash: 1rh7qxmylsbsaah59h7sclqqxcz0lwsixlc0krkzwhx8gfhlyam6
>   http://hydra.gnu.org/nar/6ksnwcqn92z2nf6qw5js7njnfqlifgpb-guitarix-0.33.0: 
> 1cq4k1wdqibwraqk0wkjj6n5hgs9v9zcvwr2wfgxvgxnf5l1rfhf
> $ wget -q -O - 
> http://hydra.gnu.org/nar/6ksnwcqn92z2nf6qw5js7njnfqlifgpb-guitarix-0.33.0 | 
> bunzip2 | guix archive -x t
> $ LC_ALL=C diff -r /gnu/store/6ksnwcqn92z2nf6qw5js7njnfqlifgpb-guitarix-0.33.0 t
> $ LC_ALL=C diff -r --no-dereference 
> /gnu/store/6ksnwcqn92z2nf6qw5js7njnfqlifgpb-guitarix-0.33.0 t
> File /gnu/store/6ksnwcqn92z2nf6qw5js7njnfqlifgpb-guitarix-0.33.0/lib/libgxw.so 
> is a symbolic link while file t/lib/libgxw.so is a regular file
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> It appears to create libgxw.so either as a symlink or as a regular file
> in a non-deterministic fashion.
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> It would be nice to see why this happens, and whether this affects all
> Waf-based packages.
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> Ludo’.
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> Re: bug#21803: Guitarix builds non-deterministically
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> Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:48:55 -0400
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> Hello,
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> > Guitarix has been updated to 0.41.0 by commit
> > bf592ef506e1db0340dc11faa0514fe80793e6d6.
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> > I have tried "guix build guitarix --no-grafts --check -K" at least 10
> > times without noticing an unreproducible behaviour.
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> > Could someone confirm this and then close this almost 5 years old bug?
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> Confirmed!
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> >> It would be nice to see why this happens, and whether this affects all
> >> Waf-based packages.
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> > I propose to open another bug report to track the waf-based packages issues.
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> This sounds reasonable, given this is 5 years old and perhaps not
> relevant anymore.
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> Closing, thank you!
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> Maxim
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