lix/doc/manual/rl-next/report-differing-outputs.md
Linus Heckemann 8b0ac51f12 libstore: report all differing outputs rather than just the first
Before:

error: derivation '/nix/store/4spy3nz1661zm15gkybsy1h5f36aliwx-python3.11-test-1.0.0.drv' may not be deterministic: output '/nix/store/ccqcp01zg18wp9iadzmzimqzdi3ll08d-python3.11-test-1.0.0-dist' differs from '/nix/store/ccqcp01zg18wp9iadzmzimqzdi3ll08d-python3.11-test-1.0.0-dist.check'

After:

error: derivation '4spy3nz1661zm15gkybsy1h5f36aliwx-python3.11-test-1.0.0.drv' may not be deterministic: outputs differ
         output differs: output '/nix/store/ccqcp01zg18wp9iadzmzimqzdi3ll08d-python3.11-test-1.0.0-dist' differs from '/nix/store/ccqcp01zg18wp9iadzmzimqzdi3ll08d-python3.11-test-1.0.0-dist.check'
         output differs: output '/nix/store/yl59v08356i841c560alb0zmk7q16klb-python3.11-test-1.0.0' differs from '/nix/store/yl59v08356i841c560alb0zmk7q16klb-python3.11-test-1.0.0.check'

Change-Id: Ib2871fa602bf1fa9c00e2565b3a2e1b26f908152
2024-10-29 18:34:54 +01:00

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Reproducibility check builds now report all differing outputs
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nix-build --check allows rerunning the build of an already-built derivation to check that it produces the same output again.

If a multiple-output derivation with impure behaviour is built with --check, only the first output would be shown in the resulting error message (and kept for comparison):

error: derivation '/nix/store/4spy3nz1661zm15gkybsy1h5f36aliwx-python3.11-test-1.0.0.drv' may not be deterministic: output '/nix/store/ccqcp01zg18wp9iadzmzimqzdi3ll08d-python3.11-test
-1.0.0-dist' differs from '/nix/store/ccqcp01zg18wp9iadzmzimqzdi3ll08d-python3.11-test-1.0.0-dist.check'

Now, all differing outputs are kept and reported:

error: derivation '4spy3nz1661zm15gkybsy1h5f36aliwx-python3.11-test-1.0.0.drv' may not be deterministic: outputs differ
         output differs: output '/nix/store/ccqcp01zg18wp9iadzmzimqzdi3ll08d-python3.11-test-1.0.0-dist' differs from '/nix/store/ccqcp01zg18wp9iadzmzimqzdi3ll08d-python3.11-test-1.0.0-dist.check'
         output differs: output '/nix/store/yl59v08356i841c560alb0zmk7q16klb-python3.11-test-1.0.0' differs from '/nix/store/yl59v08356i841c560alb0zmk7q16klb-python3.11-test-1.0.0.check'