Re: 'guix-build' returns 'unknown package', Bison's testsuite fails

[Andreas Enge]

Am Samstag, 26. Januar 2013 schrieb Nikita Karetnikov:

> I'm trying to package 'gobject-introspection', but I'm facing some

> problems:

> 1. 'guix-build' doesn't work for new packages; it returns

> "<package>: unknown package." I'm using the '-e' option as a

> workaround, but it's not very convenient.

>

> For instance, if I copy the recipe for 'sed' to 'newsed.scm', then

> replace 'sed' with 'newsed' in that file, and try to build it via

> 'guix-build newsed', it will return the mentioned error message.

> However, it will work if I use the '-e' option. Also, I won't get

> any errors if I try to import it in the REPL.

>

> 2. Bison's testsuite fails and I'm not able to fix it. So I'd like to

> disable it because I want to test 'gobject-introspection'. Why

> doesn't '(arguments `(#:tests? #f))' disable the testsuite?

>

> These issues may seem unrelated, but there is a similarity: My changes

> have no effect. I've just replaced 'gnu/packages/bison.scm' with an

> empty file, but 'guix-build bison' doesn't raise any errors. Is it

> related?

 

That has happened to me before when I forgot to execute "make install" or to add a file to Makefile.am.

 

Also, after deleting a file, it is not deleted from $PREFIX/share/...; in this way, it has happened to me that I had two versions of a package, one from a deleted/renamed file, one from the file with the new name; and the wrong one was built...

 

Andreas