Hi, >> The system build fails during "check" phase of util-linux-2.25.2. > > Oh, OK. We could work around it, but since that requires a full > rebuild, we’ll have to schedule it for the next core update cycle. > > That said, 2.6.32 is really old, so we probably don’t want to invest too > much in that.
Ok, I will try to do it myself in a proper "clean" to get hands dirty with package definitions. Then it can be included upstream if you find it appropiate. >> 2) I tried adding "#:tests? #f" to my own modified ~/guix/linux.scm >> (copied from system-wide >> /usr/local/share/guile/site/2.0/gnu/packages/linux.scm). >> This allowed building with >> "guix package -L $HOME/guix build util-linux" >> but system build still fails during the tests (would seem guix system >> ignores -L flag and takes system-wide recipe). > > Right. “guix build” now sees your ‘util-linux’ package, but the whole > package DAG uses explicit references to the <package> objects, and so > yours is ignored. > > You may be able to get around it by defining your own (gnu packages > linux) package. The downside is that it would have to basically be a > copy of the original one with just #:tests? #f added. Hm, thats exactly what I had done (I had copied while linux.scm file, which AFAIU is there (gnu packages linux) is defined, and modified the util-linux package inside it just to ass #:tests? #f. And still guix system does not see it. I just worked it around by modifying base linux.scm directly. I will try to replicate the problem again and provide more info. Thanks for your help! :) Carlos -- 'También hay ríos metafísicos, Horacio. Vos te vas a tirar a uno de esos ríos.' Julio Cortázar, "Rayuela" (1963)
