Re: python-conda: Build is not reproducible

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Frederick Muriithi <fredmang...@gmail.com> skribis:

> I defined a new package, python-conda, and tried to build with the
> command `./pre-inst-env guix build --rounds=3 python-conda`
>
> I expected that the package would have built successfully, instead,
> the build fails with the message:
>
> output ‘/gnu/store/302bb93kq3170xr57vijil7cya2s74ir-python-conda-4.3.16’
> of ‘/gnu/store/wgih8s8x0bpgxyk7vwyxr4r3wl0y1vfa-python-conda-4.3.16.drv’
> differs from 
> ‘/gnu/store/302bb93kq3170xr57vijil7cya2s74ir-python-conda-4.3.16-check’
> from previous round
> @ build-failed 
> /gnu/store/wgih8s8x0bpgxyk7vwyxr4r3wl0y1vfa-python-conda-4.3.16.drv
> - 1 output ‘/gnu/store/302bb93kq3170xr57vijil7cya2s74ir-python-conda-4.3.16’
> of ‘/gnu/store/wgih8s8x0bpgxyk7vwyxr4r3wl0y1vfa-python-conda-4.3.16.drv’
> differs from 
> ‘/gnu/store/302bb93kq3170xr57vijil7cya2s74ir-python-conda-4.3.16-check’
> from previous round
> guix build: error: build failed: build of
> `/gnu/store/wgih8s8x0bpgxyk7vwyxr4r3wl0y1vfa-python-conda-4.3.16.drv'
> failed

This is most likely a consequence of <https://bugs.gnu.org/22533>.

Can you run:

  diff -ru --no-dereference \
    /gnu/store/302bb93kq3170xr57vijil7cya2s74ir-python-conda-4.3.16{,-check}

to confirm that only Python object files are affected?

Thanks,
Ludo’.