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| author | Sjors Provoost <sjors@sprovoost.nl> | 2022-10-18 18:21:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Sjors Provoost <sjors@sprovoost.nl> | 2022-11-03 12:52:12 +0100 |
| commit | 9b9991e02693c68061ccd4d6040641e20f934e6c (patch) | |
| tree | 95bace096f179fed2a477e4fb883f4630e79810e /contrib/guix/INSTALL.md | |
| parent | 682283445e2cc815cf2786da83314fa8b8350511 (diff) | |
guix: recommend mounting a tmpfs on /tmp
This was already suggested in the troubleshooting section, but recommending it upfront would prevent the issue in the first place and speed up builds.
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/guix/INSTALL.md')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/guix/INSTALL.md | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/guix/INSTALL.md b/contrib/guix/INSTALL.md index 5c239721b7..03cb4a40a7 100644 --- a/contrib/guix/INSTALL.md +++ b/contrib/guix/INSTALL.md @@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ For reference, the graphic below outlines Guix v1.3.0's dependency graph:  +#### Consider /tmp on tmpfs + +If you use an NVME (SSD) drive, you may encounter [cryptic build errors](#coreutils-fail-teststail-2inotify-dir-recreate). Mounting a [tmpfs at /tmp](https://ubuntu.com/blog/data-driven-analysis-tmp-on-tmpfs) should prevent this and may improve performance as a bonus. + #### Guile ##### Choosing a Guile version and sticking to it @@ -775,7 +779,7 @@ The inotify-dir-create test fails on "remote" filesystems such as overlayfs as non-remote. A relatively easy workaround to this is to make sure that a somewhat traditional -filesystem is mounted at `/tmp` (where `guix-daemon` performs its builds). For +filesystem is mounted at `/tmp` (where `guix-daemon` performs its builds), see [/tmp on tmpfs](#consider-tmp-on-tmpfs). For Docker users, this might mean [using a volume][docker/volumes], [binding mounting][docker/bind-mnt] from host, or (for those with enough RAM and swap) [mounting a tmpfs][docker/tmpfs] using the `--tmpfs` flag. @@ -783,7 +787,7 @@ mounting][docker/bind-mnt] from host, or (for those with enough RAM and swap) Please see the following links for more details: - An upstream coreutils bug has been filed: [debbugs#47940](https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=47940) -- A Guix bug detailing the underlying problem has been filed: [guix-issues#47935](https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47935) +- A Guix bug detailing the underlying problem has been filed: [guix-issues#47935](https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47935), [guix-issues#49985](https://issues.guix.gnu.org/49985#5) - A commit to skip this test in Guix has been merged into the core-updates branch: [savannah/guix@6ba1058](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=6ba1058df0c4ce5611c2367531ae5c3cdc729ab4) |