Hi Ralf, Ralf Wildenhues <[email protected]> writes:
> * Ludovic Courtès wrote on Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:15:44AM CEST: [...] >> PATH: >> /private/tmp/nix-build-dnnfpb1bi3bwf696k09s44l2p9s0ppgw-autoconf-2.64.drv-0/autoconf-2.64/tests >> PATH: /nix/store/xra8dla43v4y3icyz81p9jdcmphnwjny-gnum4-1.4.13/bin > [...] > > Ahh, I've read about this concept but haven't seen it in action yet. > Do the long directory names slow down the system much in practice? Not in an observable way, AFAICT. I don't think anyone tried to measure this, though. Note that in "normal use" $PATH et al. aren't longer than with a conventional file system layout: users typically have only `$HOME/.nix-profile/bin' (which contains symlinks to files under /nix/store) and a couple of other entries in $PATH. > This is a trivial failure due to a test that is not restrictive enough. > The grep tries to find out if any of the tests in the micro testsuite > succeeded bogusly; however, it is too lax and also matches the line that > lists your host name. I'm applying the patch below to make the test > more restrictive. Thanks for finding it out! I've applied it downstream as well. Cheers, Ludo'.
