bug#55951: closed (Lowering an <operating-system> is sensitive to (%current-system))

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Your message dated Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:32:54 +0200
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and subject line Re: bug#55951: Lowering an <operating-system> is sensitive to 
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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #55951,
regarding Lowering an <operating-system> is sensitive to (%current-system)
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> Lowering an <operating-system> is sensitive to (%current-system)
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> Mon, 13 Jun 2022 23:23:14 +0200
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux)
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> Consider this file:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (use-modules (guix))
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> (lambda ()
>   (lower-object (load "overdrive1.scm") "aarch64-linux"))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> When ran on x86_64-linux, these two commands return different
> derivations, contrary to what one might expect:
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>   guix build -f that-file.scm -d --no-grafts -s aarch64-linux
>   guix build -f that-file.scm -d --no-grafts
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> That demonstrates that the result depends on (%current-system), even
> though it shouldn’t because we’re explicitly specifying the system.
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> This has implications on ‘guix deploy’: if you try to deploy
> aarch64-linux boxes from x86_64-linux (say), some of the derivations are
> going to be for x86_64-linux instead of aarch64-linux, which can lead to
> unbootable systems, as Ricardo reported a while back.
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> In particular, /gnu/store/…-activate.scm.drv (a direct dependency
> /gnu/store/…-system.drv) is one of those derivations sensitive to
> (%current-system).
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> Ludo’.
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> Re: bug#55951: Lowering an <operating-system> is sensitive to (%current-system)
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> Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:32:54 +0200
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> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
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> > Consider this file:
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> > (use-modules (guix))
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> > (lambda ()
> >   (lower-object (load "overdrive1.scm") "aarch64-linux"))
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> > When ran on x86_64-linux, these two commands return different
> > derivations, contrary to what one might expect:
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> >   guix build -f that-file.scm -d --no-grafts -s aarch64-linux
> >   guix build -f that-file.scm -d --no-grafts
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> Fixed in 7046e777212233b89df68379c270b448c45195ce.
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> Ludo’.
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