[Nix-dev] Re: Merging stdenv-updates to trunk - when?

[Peter Simons]

Hi guys,

 > Of the packages I maintain, few are broken.  You can check for you at
 > this URL:
 >
 >   http://hydra.nixos.org/jobset/nixpkgs/stdenv/jobstatus?maintainer=EMAIL
 >
 > where EMAIL is your maintainer email address.

I find it hard to decide whether the stdenv branch is stable or not,
because Hydra shows plenty of significant build errors. Apparently, Git
doesn't compile, and neither do Python or Emacs. The errors actually
shown in the log files, however, at inconclusive at best. For example:

 | the following derivations will be built:
 |   /nix/store/dw484n3gcfv1z6nvh93i8dga3afkfajf-texinfo-4.13a.drv
 | building path(s) `/nix/store/pl0bs3i68bdaymg99dficwakhjrc5xqh-texinfo-4.13a'
 | building /nix/store/pl0bs3i68bdaymg99dficwakhjrc5xqh-texinfo-4.13a
 | unpacking sources
 | unpacking source archive /nix/store/9fh76lcx21pf35flmzfh35sya9a4g069-texinfo-4.13a.tar.lzma
 | tar: Child died with signal 11
 | tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
 | builder for `/nix/store/dw484n3gcfv1z6nvh93i8dga3afkfajf-texinfo-4.13a.drv' failed with exit code 2
 | error: build of `/nix/store/dw484n3gcfv1z6nvh93i8dga3afkfajf-texinfo-4.13a.drv' failed

So, what does that mean?

Take care,
Peter