Dear, This bug report #25638 <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/25638> is about the linux-libre tarballs for version 4.4.18 are no longer available on their usual locations.
>> As a short-term fix could we upload the tarball for 4.4.18 to >> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/mirror as done before[1] for 3.3.8? >> >> [1]: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=14851 Currently, such tarballs are not served by <alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/mirror>, if I read correctly. >> The lack of this tarball doesn’t hurt most users because a substitute >> for the tarball is available on hydra, but this doesn’t help when >> building everything without substitutes. > > When building without substitutes, users should end up downloading: > > > https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/file/linux-libre-4.4.18-gnu.tar.xz/sha256/0k8k17in7dkjd9d8zg3i8l1ax466dba6bxw28flxizzyq8znljps > > … which is still available. Well, I am not sure to correctly understand the API of <ci.guix.gnu.org> in order to see if the tarball is currently on the build farm. Is such version reachable with "guix time-machine"? I guess no, so does it make sense to keep the tarball? > If disk space is a problem, I think it would be great if we could agree > on “pinning” specific versions that should never vanish from > ftp.gnu.org. That way we could ensure future reproducibility of > Linux-libre and GuixSD. Such issue is discussed in #42162, especially the thread starting here: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/42162#4> Therefore, if the linux-libre 4.4.18 tarballs is substituable on <ci.guix.gnu.org>, I suggest to close this bug. WDYT? All the best, simon
