bug#15442: guix FTBFS

[Ludovic Courtès]

Matthias Wachs <address@hidden> skribis:

> with git f59e9eaac87b4365c646a475d44b431e43949649
> on Ubuntu 13.04 /w guile 2.0.7:
>
> [apply-smob/1 #<boot-closure 9d3a60 (_ _ _)> #t ...]
>    ?: 7 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 9a96c0>]
>    ?: 6 [primitive-eval ((@ # %) (begin # # #))]
> In /usr/bin/guild:
>   59: 5 [main ("/usr/bin/guild" "compile" "-L" ...)]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 4 [apply-smob/1 #<boot-closure b897a0 (_)> (scripts compile)
> #:ensure #f]
>    ?: 3 [primitive-load-path "scripts/compile" #f]
> In scripts/compile.scm:
>   31: 2 [#<procedure 12e56a0 ()>]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 1 [apply-smob/1 #<boot-closure b4d3c0 (_)> (scripts compile) ...]
>    ?: 0 [scm-error misc-error #f ...]
>
> ERROR: make[2]: *** [guix/scripts/build.go] Error 1

This (the #<boot-closure ...> thing) suggests that Guile was not
installed correctly.

Are you able to run just ‘guile’ and get a REPL prompt?  Do you see
loads of messages about files getting compiled?

TIA,
Ludo’.