[Nix-dev] Re: Stdenv compilation times

[Peter Simons]

Hi Ludovic,

 >> [Whether test suites are run or not should be configurable.] The
 >> build farm should definitely run them, but individual users might
 >> want to disable that feature to save some time during development.
 >
 > Right, but then you get different store paths.

yes, that is true. Maybe we can come up with a scheme that allows for
enabling/disabling test suite runs without modifying the value of $out?
Technically, running "make check" is not supposed to modify the build results
(and there are ways to ensure that it doesn't).

Take care,
Peter