[QUESTION] zig build systems fails on XFS V4 volumes

[Donald Buczek <buczek@molgen.mpg.de>]

Dear Experts,

I'm encountering consistent build failures with the Zig language from source on certain systems, and I'm seeking insights into the issue.

Issue Summary:

     Build fails on XFS volumes with V4 format (crc=0).
     Build succeeds on XFS volumes with V5 format (crc=1), regardless of bigtime value.

Observations:

     The failure occurs silently during Zig's native build process.
     The build system relies on timestamps for dependencies and employs parallelism.
     Debugging is challenging without debug support at this stage, and strace output hasn't been illuminating.

Speculation:

     The issue may be related to timestamp handling, although I'm not aware of significant differences between V4 and V5 formats in this regard.

Questions:

     Why might a dependency build system behave differently on XFS V4 vs. V5 volumes? Could this be a race condition, despite consistent failure on V4 and success on V5 in repeated tests?

Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time and expertise.

Please let me know if you need any further information or clarification.

Best regards,

   Donald

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Donald Buczek
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