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[bug#28690] provide a lib output for boost
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zimoun |
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[bug#28690] provide a lib output for boost |
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Thu, 13 Jan 2022 16:45:20 +0100 |
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Hi,
This patch #28690 [1] is about adding an output to boost. The aim is to
reduce the closure size.
The last message if from Dec. 2017 and indicates some issues.
1: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/28690>
On Tue, 03 Oct 2017 at 17:34, Dave Love <dave.love@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> I mentioned elsewhere noticing the large size of boost in closures.
> I've now realized what the problem was with making a lib output, and
> done one, as below. However, presumably it should have a dependency of
> out on lib for compatibility, and I don't know the right way to do that.
>
> The lib package is 17MiB, and the headers are 108MiB.
Now, the size is:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix size boost
store item total self
/gnu/store/rwv6khi7hg3hrhij9kimxh53mvg8ksd9-boost-1.77.0 262.0
149.7 57.1%
/gnu/store/7sik9fp2ffvnr7l01s423x4r5pn75rf9-icu4c-69.1 110.7
38.0 14.5%
/gnu/store/2fk1gz2s7ppdicynscra9b19byrrr866-glibc-2.33 38.3
36.6 14.0%
/gnu/store/90lbavffg0csrf208nw0ayj1bz5knl47-gcc-10.3.0-lib 71.7
33.4 12.7%
/gnu/store/ggrih6fgnflxs6k87m8q2l9ky0za8y1z-bash-static-5.1.8 1.7
1.7 0.6%
/gnu/store/72kpdqplq4nc87fm7ch47kxy3nlkzsyx-xz-5.2.5 73.7
1.1 0.4%
/gnu/store/vx6vfbmmazvfi7vp8xyjn2mcyylvw9gn-bash-minimal-5.1.8 39.3
1.0 0.4%
/gnu/store/w6zv2mz56wyxr471q38a3cmzm4iqimy8-bzip2-1.0.8 73.1
0.4 0.2%
/gnu/store/2i0zpa5w320y8m4zbqk1va8vs6dbawv0-zlib-1.2.11 71.9
0.2 0.1%
total: 262.0 MiB
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
Note that that’s a core-updates change.
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix refresh -l boost | cut -f1 -d':'
Building the following 4921 packages would ensure 7338 dependent packages are
rebuilt
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
On Mon, 04 Dec 2017 at 09:19, Thomas Danckaert <post@thomasdanckaert.be> wrote:
>>> Meanwhile I'll try to build those 97 packages, stay tuned ;-)
>>
>> have you been able to build some of these packages to verify that this
>> patch is fine?
>
> I tried to build them all, but only a few packages built successfully (those).
> Most packages probably just need boost:lib added to their inputs (I already
> fixed a few in my local tree), but sometimes the build fails for other
> reasons, and verifying them all takes time (the list includes things like
> vigra and libreoffice).
>
> I should have some time in the holiday period, but help is welcome :)
>
> The updated list and a few patches are on my other computer, I'll post them
> when I get home.
Therefore, if I understand correctly, some work remains. The question
is: is it worth to complete such work about adding more outputs to
boost?
WDYT?
Cheers,
simon
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