[tor-bugs] #29731 [Applications/Tor Browser]: tor compilation hangs frequently when building Windows testbuilds

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#29731: tor compilation hangs frequently when building Windows testbuilds
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 Reporter:  gk                                   |          Owner:  tbb-
                                                 |  team
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser             |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-rbm, GeorgKoppen201904,          |  Actual Points:
  TorBrowserTeam201905R                          |
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 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by gk):

 * keywords:  tbb-rbm => tbb-rbm, GeorgKoppen201904, TorBrowserTeam201905R
 * status:  new => needs_review


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:4 gk]:
 > Replying to [comment:2 gk]:
 > > I wonder why we still need to use `faketime` here at all...
 >
 > #20426 has historical context. However, we did not set `-Wl,--no-insert-
 timestamp` back then. So, I am wondering whether doing that now would work
 and help with this ticket.

 This bug got so annyoing in my dev workflow that I wrote a fix for it and
 tested the result. I still get reproducible output without using
 `faketime` here. `bug_29731_v2` (https://gitweb.torproject.org/user/gk
 /tor-browser-
 build.git/commit/?h=bug_29731_v2&id=dd007eb1419dac3905a5aa53dbbab02bea19d92b)
 has a fix for review.

 Note: macOS is affected by the same problem and I'll open a separate bug
 for that. However, that's not as problematic for me right now as I usually
 don't build macOS nightly bundles in my setup.

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