error messages for issue 2238 #3897
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This PR adds the following error to all % nix build --impure --expr 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; runCommand "test" { } "touch $out"'
error: --- Remote build --- build-remote
Failed to find a machine for remote build!
required (system, features): (x86_64-linux, )
2 available machines:
(systems, maxjobs, supportedFeatures, mandatoryFeatures)
(x86_64-darwin, 2, , )
(x86_64-darwin, 2, , )
% realpath result
/nix/store/ml206rqibmzwffbbqssq879fj8jpivkb-test |
Yeah, its only in retrospect that we can say it was a critical error - when neither remote nor local build is possible. In your case it appears to be a normal part of the build. Maybe this is better as an warning, or even just an Info level message. |
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This was referenced Aug 13, 2020
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I made a follow-up PR to add more details in #3927. |
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Added a logError to build-remote to show the failure together with system info; added a check to the existing error site and reworded the error there. Added a link to docs.
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