[debbugs-tracker] bug#32955: closed (Cuirass: Some tests depend on 'guix-current', which makes them resource expensive)

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regarding Cuirass: Some tests depend on 'guix-current', which makes them 
resource expensive
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> Cuirass: Some tests depend on 'guix-current', which makes them resource expensive
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> Sat, 06 Oct 2018 16:10:36 +0200
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> Hi,
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> Tests depending on 'guix-current' are expensive in terms of CPU and
> storage usage since we need to build (current-guix) and then store a
> couple of full system images.
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> They are built at each evaluation because they depend on 'guix-current'.
> (And they all fail.)
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>     test.btrfs-root-os.x86_64-linux
>     test.encrypted-root-os.x86_64-linux
>     test.installed-extlinux-os.x86_64-linux
>     test.separate-home-os.x86_64-linux
>     test.raid-root-os.x86_64-linux
>     test.separate-store-os.x86_64-linux
>     test.iso-image-installer.x86_64-linux
>     test.installed-os.x86_64-linux
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>     test.btrfs-root-os.i686-linux
>     test.encrypted-root-os.i686-linux
>     test.installed-extlinux-os.i686-linux
>     test.separate-home-os.i686-linux
>     test.raid-root-os.i686-linux
>     test.separate-store-os.i686-linux
>     test.iso-image-installer.i686-linux
>     test.installed-os.i686-linux
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> It seems that the reason is explained by that comment in
> gnu/tests/install.scm:
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>     ;; Since the image has no network access, use the
>     ;; current Guix so the store items we need are in
>     ;; the image and add packages provided.
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> Is there another way to get those tests to work without depending on
> 'guix-current'?
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> Clément
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> Re: bug#32955: Cuirass: Some tests depend on 'guix-current', which makes them resource expensive
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> Sun, 07 Oct 2018 14:16:04 +0200
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> Clément Lassieur <address@hidden> writes:
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> > Clément Lassieur <address@hidden> writes:
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> >> Hi,
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> >> Tests depending on 'guix-current' are expensive in terms of CPU and
> >> storage usage since we need to build (current-guix) and then store a
> >> couple of full system images.
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> >> They are built at each evaluation because they depend on 'guix-current'.
> >> (And they all fail.)
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> > I understand that 'guix-current' is only built once at each evaluation,
> > of course.  And now I wonder: is it the same one that is built for
> > guix-modular?  In that case it's not really useless.
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> Closing it, because those builds are idle most of the time, until they
> fail.
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