On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 09:06:42PM +1100, Jookia wrote: > Hey there, > > I've been compiling and installing Guix without any substitutes, however I've > hit a problem. I've managed to compile Guix, then compile Guix using Guix. But > when I try to do anything using the Guix managed by Guix, it wants to rebuild > everything on my system. I've uploaded some raw data,[1] comparing the outputs > of the old and new Guix binaries and accompanying binaries as well as with and > without the --bootstrap flag. The package being inspected is 'tar'. > > It would seem like this is a major problem considering both Guix packages are > identical aside from the host code having the Guix package derivation updated > to use the same Git version as the host version of Guix. The tar packages > aren't > modified in any way and neither is any thing I would expect to be used to > build > a derivation, such as a builder script. > > Cheers, > Jookia. > > [1]: uhoh.tar.bz2: https://infotomb.com/2dp3c
Following up: davexunit looked at this issue with me on IRC and showed me it's to do with the Guix built from Git in Debian using /usr/local/var/guix while the Guix installed using Guix used /var/guix - moving the files fixed everything. Cheers, Jookia.
