From: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org>
To: Daniel Cordero <gentoo.catalyst@xxoo.ws>
Cc: gentoo-catalyst@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 11/11] catalyst: Remove update_seed spec option
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 00:12:53 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEdQ38G-xkCtWgRzHNF8Sy+=Sp+2fd3G+fzGXQ2D2dsTibHi0g@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEdQ38G7F2PJbrgjKX9DkMNB2En5OFzyTmwUP+2feW3kDhqspQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 9:58 AM Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 6:04 AM Daniel Cordero <gentoo.catalyst@xxoo.ws> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 03:21:52PM -0500, Matt Turner wrote:
> > > There should be no need for custom updates, and if there are exceptional
> > > circumstances the new --enter-chroot option can be used.
> > >
> >
> > There is still a need, and if I'm reading these patches right,
> > --enter-chroot would not satisfy that need.
> >
> > enter-chroot is interactive, and, depending on hardware speed, the time
> > between kicking off the catalyst run and when the chroot shell is
> > invoked may be some time for a human operator to monitor.
> >
> > It also adds non-deterministic, un-reproducible behaviour to a build.
> > Having it in the spec file at least means it is included in a build
> > artifact.
>
> Can you think of a case where update_seed would be needed? I tried,
> and couldn't think of anything, but I might not be imaginative enough.
>
> My thinking is that with @changed-subslots, there's essentially no
> need to update the seed stage further. But there have been some
> exceptional cases that don't really fit update_seed (e.g., things that
> cannot be fixed with emerge ...).
ping?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-21 5:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-18 20:21 [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 01/11] targets: Remove unused 'enter' command Matt Turner
2021-01-18 20:21 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 02/11] targets: Remove some obvious comments Matt Turner
2021-01-18 20:21 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 03/11] targets: Update seed stage's sys-apps/portage Matt Turner
2021-01-18 20:21 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 04/11] targets: Update BINPKG_COMPRESS to new zstd default Matt Turner
2021-01-18 20:21 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 05/11] targets: Update the @changed-subslot set by default Matt Turner
2021-01-18 20:21 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 06/11] catalyst: Store references to functions Matt Turner
2021-01-18 20:21 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 07/11] catalyst: Call config_profile_link for all targets Matt Turner
2021-02-25 13:09 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] Fix specifying target_profiles in repo_name:path format Daniel Cordero
2021-02-27 18:52 ` [gentoo-catalyst] " Matt Turner
2021-02-27 23:31 ` Felix Bier
2021-01-18 20:21 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 08/11] catalyst: Deduplicate prepare_sequence assignments Matt Turner
2021-01-18 20:21 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 09/11] catalyst: Deduplicate the common build_sequence steps Matt Turner
2021-01-18 20:21 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 10/11] catalyst: Add option to enter the chroot before building Matt Turner
2021-01-18 20:21 ` [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH 11/11] catalyst: Remove update_seed spec option Matt Turner
2021-01-19 11:02 ` Daniel Cordero
2021-01-19 14:58 ` Matt Turner
2021-01-21 5:12 ` Matt Turner [this message]
2021-01-21 10:20 ` Daniel Cordero
2021-01-22 0:04 ` Matt Turner
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