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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>
-rw-r--r--doc/guix.texi8
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index 94afdffee3..8514dfe86f 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -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