Re: i586-gnu builds on ci.guix

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org> skribis:

>> 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.

Not used much, you mean for remote-worker?

>> 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.

Alright.

We’ll see that after the release!

Ludo’.