bug#33262: guix fails to find and use some available substitutes

[Julien Lepiller]

Exactly!

Le 5 novembre 2018 18:21:53 GMT+01:00, George Clemmer <address@hidden> a écrit :
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>Julien Lepiller <address@hidden> writes:
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>> I think guix' message is a bit confusing: the .drv file is always
>> created by guix, it's the derivation. The derivation is built, which
>> results in a new store path. It can be built locally or by using a
>> substitute. What you see in your store is the derivation (.drv), not
>> its result. You can open that file to find where the result will be
>> stored and check if it exists on your machine.
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>Hi Julien,
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>Thank you. You are right, the .drv "out" substitute is not on my
>local server. So this is not a bug. SORRY for the noise ;-)
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>After re-reading (guix) Derivations, I see I had a wrong impression:
>that the presence of a .drv indicates a successful build. But AIUI now
>it only means that at some point in the past we attempted to build the
>.drv. IOW, we will also have .drv files for all failed builds.
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>Is that correct?
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>Thanks! - George