bug#36684: closed ("View build log" - but it's empty (at first)!)

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regarding "View build log" - but it's empty (at first)!
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> "View build log" - but it's empty (at first)!
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> Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:41:06 -0700
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> Hi,
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> Sometimes, I see an error like the following (it is not specific to
> ant-bootstrap):
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ guix package -m ~/profile-packages.scm 
> ...
> building /gnu/store/76apf0hpcdabpjy0839nhkwgfrz3m8z5-ant-bootstrap-1.8.4.drv...
> | 'build' phasebuilder for 
> `/gnu/store/76apf0hpcdabpjy0839nhkwgfrz3m8z5-ant-bootstrap-1.8.4.drv' failed 
> with exit code 1
> build of /gnu/store/76apf0hpcdabpjy0839nhkwgfrz3m8z5-ant-bootstrap-1.8.4.drv 
> failed
> View build log at 
> '/var/log/guix/drvs/76/apf0hpcdabpjy0839nhkwgfrz3m8z5-ant-bootstrap-1.8.4.drv.bz2'.
> cannot build derivation 
> `/gnu/store/3l11fmnyc4k1dcwlijk4vdsq70jc4lqs-icedtea-3.7.0.drv': 1 dependencies 
> couldn't be built
> killing process 20600
> cannot build derivation 
> `/gnu/store/b071r8bm2n01mp50g6r5ghxl0m09akdx-profile.drv': 1 dependencies 
> couldn't be built
> guix package: error: build of 
> `/gnu/store/b071r8bm2n01mp50g6r5ghxl0m09akdx-profile.drv' failed
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> But when I try to view the log file very quickly after getting these
> messages (within about 1 minute or so), I get:
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> $ file  
> /var/log/guix/drvs/7f/n896phqyv9r636yhjipa9k4qm7g9ni-evolution-data-server-3.30.2.drv.bz2
> /var/log/guix/drvs/7f/n896phqyv9r636yhjipa9k4qm7g9ni-evolution-data-server-3.30.2.drv.bz2:
>  empty
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> However, when I come back a few minutes later, mysteriously the file has
> been populated:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ file  
> /var/log/guix/drvs/7f/n896phqyv9r636yhjipa9k4qm7g9ni-evolution-data-server-3.30.2.drv.bz2
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> /var/log/guix/drvs/7f/n896phqyv9r636yhjipa9k4qm7g9ni-evolution-data-server-3.30.2.drv.bz2:
>  bzip2 compressed data, block size = 900k
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> Indeed, I was originally going to report that the file was empty, but
> while I was writing this email, it filled up!  Is this behavior
> expected?  I anticipated that the file would be finalized (empty or not)
> before the helpful message "View built log at ..." was printed, but it
> seems like that message is proleptic, which makes it a little confusing.
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> -- 
> Chris
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: bug#36684: "View build log" - but it's empty (at first)! Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 15:32:34 -0800 User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux)

Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

> I’ve never experienced it.  Is there a scenario that allows you to
> reproduce it?

I have not been able to reproduce this issue; maybe I was simply
confused when I opened the bug report.  Let's close this for now.

-- 
Chris

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