2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

M doc/guix.texi
M guix/scripts/build.scm

@@ 3973,6 3973,14 @@ Keep the build tree of failed builds.  Thus, if a build fail, its build
 tree is kept under @file{/tmp}, in a directory whose name is shown at
 the end of the build log.  This is useful when debugging build issues.
 
+@item --keep-going
+@itemx -k
+Keep going when some of the derivations fail to build; return only once
+all the builds have either completed or failed.
+
+The default behavior is to stop as soon as one of the specified
+derivations has failed.
+
 @item --dry-run
 @itemx -n
 Do not build the derivations.

@@ 1,5 1,5 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
-;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2013 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.


@@ 153,6 153,8 @@ options handled by 'set-build-options-from-command-line', and listed in
   (display (_ "
   -K, --keep-failed      keep build tree of failed builds"))
   (display (_ "
+  -k, --keep-going       keep going when some of the derivations fail"))
+  (display (_ "
   -n, --dry-run          do not build the derivations"))
   (display (_ "
       --fallback         fall back to building when the substituter fails"))


@@ 183,6 185,7 @@ options handled by 'set-build-options-from-command-line', and listed in
   ;; TODO: Add more options.
   (set-build-options store
                      #:keep-failed? (assoc-ref opts 'keep-failed?)
+                     #:keep-going? (assoc-ref opts 'keep-going?)
                      #:rounds (assoc-ref opts 'rounds)
                      #:build-cores (or (assoc-ref opts 'cores) 0)
                      #:max-build-jobs (or (assoc-ref opts 'max-jobs) 1)


@@ 214,6 217,11 @@ options handled by 'set-build-options-from-command-line', and listed in
                   (apply values
                          (alist-cons 'keep-failed? #t result)
                          rest)))
+        (option '(#\k "keep-going") #f #f
+                (lambda (opt name arg result . rest)
+                  (apply values
+                         (alist-cons 'keep-going? #t result)
+                         rest)))
         (option '("rounds") #t #f
                 (lambda (opt name arg result . rest)
                   (apply values