Re: i586-gnu builds on ci.guix

[Mathieu Othacehe]

Hello,

> Alas Cuirass depends on Fibers, which is currently Linux-only¹, so we
> cannot {cross-,}build it for GNU/Hurd.  The good news is that
> ‘remote-worker.scm’ itself doesn’t seem to use Fibers.  So I wonder if
> we could arrange to build a stripped-down package that contains nothing
> but ‘cuirass-remote-worker’.  WDYT?

Yes, Fiber is not used much anymore, except for the web server.

> Cuirass also depends on Avahi, which is currently not buildable for
> GNU/Hurd due to libcap requiring on Linux-specific headers, and it seems
> to be a hard requirement².  Unfortunately ‘remote-worker.scm’ requires
> it.

The remote worker is able to discover the remote server using Avahi but
can also connect directly to the server using its IP address.  We could
definitely make the Avahi dependency optional.

Thanks,

Mathieu