Hello, ra...@airmail.cc skribis:
> I would like to propose an environment variable that can be used to > skip tests, e.g. export GUIX_SKIP_TESTS=1 > > This could be implemented by changing line 297 of > guix/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm: > > (define* (check #:key target (make-flags '()) (tests? (not target)) > (test-target "check") (parallel-tests? #t) > #:allow-other-keys) > (if (and tests? (not (getenv "GUIX_SKIP_TESTS"))) ;;;;;; HERE Since builds are performed in an isolated environments with a clearly defined set of environment variables. Thus what you define would not work as-is. To achieve it, we’d have to, for instance, instruct guix-daemon to special-case ‘GUIX_SKIP_TESTS’ and let it through in the build environment. Even though I can imagine the pain you feel while rebuilding everything on GNU/Hurd, I’m reluctant to such changes. I would suggest using tricks to avoid full rebuilds in your case as much as possible. (If you provide concrete examples of rebuilds you’d like to avoid, I can perhaps illustrate what “tricks” you could use. :-)) Thanks, Ludo’.
