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Roman Scherer <ro...@burningswell.com> writes: > Hello, > > if we include the jemalloc patch Efraim is talking about, could we please > also include this one here: > > https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68257 (gnu: mesa: Build asahi driver on aarch64) > > Btw, is there a way to figure out if the rebuild of jemalloc on aarch64 would > affect (also rebuild) mesa? > > Thanks, Roman. > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 10:02 AM Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> > wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 04:10:14PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > Hello Guix! > > > > Several of us have been fiddling with the ‘core-updates’ branch for a > > while. I think there’s now consensus that the branch is really > > dedicated to core packages and (guix build …) modules, as embodied in > > the new ‘core-packages’ team¹. > > > > We’ve updated GCC 11.x, glibc, binutils, and various packages from (gnu > > packages base). Notable exceptions are Coreutils, Findutils, sed, and > > tar; I tried but that’s a bit more work, notably because their variants > > in commencement.scm would no longer build because their build scripts > > use sed patterns not supported by Gash-Utils. > > > > Long story short: I’d like us to freeze and merge the branch ASAP, > > notably because the glibc graft on ‘master’ leads to a bad user > > experience. I’m happy with the current state of the branch and wouldn’t > > mind postponing remaining upgrades for the next cycle. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Remaining work includes: checking that cross-compilation targets still > > work after the recent Binutils updates, checking i586-gnu (GNU/Hurd) and > > other platforms, and possibly addressing the Gawk non-determinism > > issue². > > > > Currently package subsets are built here: > > > > https://ci.guix.gnu.org/jobset/core-updates > > https://guix.bordeaux.inria.fr/jobset/guix-core-updates > > > > I don’t think I can commit to coordinating the stabilization effort > > though as I’m busy with other things this month. Would anyone like to > > take the lead on this? > > > > Happy updating! > > > > Ludo’. > > > > ¹ https://issues.guix.gnu.org/67880 > > ² https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68378 > > There's a patch floating around somewhere to adjust the page size on > jemalloc on aarch64 to be at least 64k so that people running guix > software on apple silicon don't have issues. I think we should add it > for core-updates so it doesn't get forgotten, I've seen it come up on > IRC at least once a week. > > -- > Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> רנשלפ םירפא > GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 > Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
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