Guix: many tests fail when building on 0.15

> Hi

>

> I want to contribute to guix with patches and at the same time keep my

> GuixSD on 0.15.

>

> To archive this I created and followed the following guide in GuixSD

> in Qemu:

>

> https://gitlab.com/swedebugia/guix-notes/blob/master/BUILD.org

>

> Following it Guix 21335fdbec68b4cfb19d8a0ae0877ec81c84ad9c builds fine.

>

> BUT

>

> running make check I got a lot of failed tests and no testlog:

>

> make  check-recursive

> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree'

> Making check in po/guix

> make[2]: Entering directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree/po/guix'

> make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree/po/guix'

> Making check in po/packages

> make[2]: Entering directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree/po/packages'

> make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree/po/packages'

> make[2]: Entering directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree'

> Compiling Scheme modules...

> make  check-TESTS check-local

> make[3]: Entering directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree'

> make[4]: Entering directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree'

> PASS: tests/base16.scm

> SKIP: tests/base32.scm

> PASS: tests/base64.scm

> SKIP: tests/cpio.scm

> PASS: tests/pki.scm

> PASS: tests/print.scm

> PASS: tests/sets.scm

> PASS: tests/modules.scm

> PASS: tests/gnu-maintenance.scm

> PASS: tests/substitute.scm

> FAIL: tests/builders.scm

> FAIL: tests/derivations.scm

> PASS: tests/glob.scm

> FAIL: tests/grafts.scm

> FAIL: tests/ui.scm

> PASS: tests/status.scm

> PASS: tests/records.scm

> FAIL: tests/processes.scm

> PASS: tests/upstream.scm

> PASS: tests/combinators.scm

> PASS: tests/discovery.scm

> PASS: tests/utils.scm

> PASS: tests/build-utils.scm

> FAIL: tests/packages.scm

> SKIP: tests/snix.scm

> FAIL: tests/hackage.scm

> FAIL: tests/cran.scm

> FAIL: tests/elpa.scm

> FAIL: tests/texlive.scm

> FAIL: tests/store.scm

> FAIL: tests/monads.scm

> make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree'

> make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree'

> make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree'

> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/sdb/guix-tree'

>

> running make check I got a lot of failed tests and no testlog:

> Hello,

>

> swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net> skribis:

>

>> running make check I got a lot of failed tests and no testlog:

>

> Could you send ‘test-suite.log’ as noted in

> <https://gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Running-the-Test-Suite.html>?

>

> TIA,

> Ludo’.

>

> On 2018-11-11 17:03, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

>> Hello,

>>

>> swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net> skribis:

>>

>>> running make check I got a lot of failed tests and no testlog:

>>

>> Could you send ‘test-suite.log’ as noted in

>> <https://gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Running-the-Test-Suite.html>?

>>

>> TIA,

>> Ludo’.

>>

> It is not found. Not generated.

> Dunno why.

> I run "make check" and it only gave me what I already sent.

> swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net> skribis:

>

>> On 2018-11-11 17:03, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

>>> Hello,

>>>

>>> swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net> skribis:

>>>

>>>> running make check I got a lot of failed tests and no testlog:

>>>

>>> Could you send ‘test-suite.log’ as noted in

>>> <https://gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Running-the-Test-Suite.html>?

>>>

>>> TIA,

>>> Ludo’.

>>>

>> It is not found. Not generated.

>> Dunno why.

>> I run "make check" and it only gave me what I already sent.

>

> Weird. Is ‘test-suite.log’ generated if you let “make check” run to

> completion?

>

> Thank you,

> Ludo’.