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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2020-10-09 16:50:01 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2020-10-09 16:57:14 -0400
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doc: Sync the client and daemon --rounds options documentation.
Fixes <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/40867>. * doc/guix.texi (Common Build Options): Suggest using '--keep-failed' to keep differing build results in the store rather than 'guix archive'. Reported-by: Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier@web.de>
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@@ -9155,11 +9155,9 @@ Non-deterministic build processes are a problem because they make it
practically impossible for users to @emph{verify} whether third-party
binaries are genuine. @xref{Invoking guix challenge}, for more.
-Note that, currently, the differing build results are not kept around,
-so you will have to manually investigate in case of an error---e.g., by
-stashing one of the build results with @code{guix archive --export}
-(@pxref{Invoking guix archive}), then rebuilding, and finally comparing
-the two results.
+When used in conjunction with @option{--keep-failed}, the differing
+output is kept in the store, under @file{/gnu/store/@dots{}-check}.
+This makes it easy to look for differences between the two results.
@item --no-offload
Do not use offload builds to other machines (@pxref{Daemon Offload