bug#25476: pivot-root test fails on Ubuntu 16.04

Hi Ludo, Here is the output from the guile session: paul$ ./pre-inst-env guile GNU Guile 2.0.13 Copyright (C) 1995-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Guile comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `,show w'. This program is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under

bug#25476: pivot-root test fails on Ubuntu 16.04

Hi, Paul Garlick skribis: > test-name: pivot-root > location: /data/paul/sourceCode/guix/tests/syscalls.scm:154 > source: > + (test-equal > + "pivot-root" > + #t > + (match (pipe) > + ((in . out) > + (match (clone (logior CLONE_NEWUSER CLONE_NEWNS SIGCHLD)) > +

bug#25598: R packages are not bit-reproducible

Hi! Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > From fa42971cb7099e3b370565de5d3f454faecf0369 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Ricardo Wurmus > Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 11:42:34 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] build: r-build-system: Use deterministic built date. > > Fixes . > > * guix/build/r-bu

bug#21108: Home directory not created for new users

Hello, Andy Patterson skribis: > Following up on the thread from guix-devel: > > > On 0.8.3-pre, after a clean install, users listed in the system > configuration file do not have a home directory automatically created > for t

bug#25598: R packages are not bit-reproducible

It looks like R 3.3.2 already includes the fixes but they need to be explicitly requested when installing packages. Attached is a patch that seems to fix this. >From fa42971cb7099e3b370565de5d3f454faecf0369 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ricardo Wurmus Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 11:42:34 +0100 Subje

bug#25598: R packages are not bit-reproducible

R packages build non-deterministically: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/packages/reproducibility.html --8<---cut here---start->8--- $ wget -q -O - https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/nar/imiwif0wn7dxcc7f4zdq09y1l1132pqj-r-zoo-1.7-14 | bunzip2 | guix archive -x o