Re: RFC: subcommand to pause/resume builds

[John Soo]

Hello everyone,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

>> After perusing info recutils some, I expected the output to be more
>> like:
>>
>> ChildProcessPID: 16923
>> ChildProcessCommand: guile --no-auto-compile -L
>> /gnu/store/8a0wry8cvr405ha8d8bpjyzj5dzghigd-module-import
>> /gnu/store/mh1fkn1d9c9mg6hihxvjngxmn3qjmp38-ungoogled-chromium-86.0.4240.111-0.c34a56d-guile-builder
>
> Yes, that would be nicer.

I sent in patch https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/44460 to address
it. With that I don't see any reason to consider a subcommand.


> However, note that if you fiddle with child processes, your warranty is
> void!  :-)

Definitely agreed.

> You’d be interfering with build processes, thus potentially changing
> their result in an uncontrolled way.

Like Mark said, I have seen tests potentially time out, and I have to agree.

I am done discussing a subcommand. I'll shift attention to #44460.

Thanks for listening to little old me :).

Have a nice weekend,

John