Re: [PATCH] Add Elixir

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello!

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:

> I documented the most common test errors, but there don’t seem to be any
> quick fixes.  Attached is a new patch based on yours.  If this looks
> good to you I’ll push it with you as the commit author and with a
> “Co-authored-by: Ricardo Wurmus” line in the commit summary.

Woow, congratulation, and a big thanks for taking the time to
investigate the issues!

> +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/elixir-disable-failing-tests.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,261 @@
> +Most of these tests fail for unknown reasons when run in the chroot
> +environment of a Guix build process.
> +
> +Common failures are:
> +
> + * Mix.Shell.cmd() fails with error 130

Could it be that this method relies on /bin/sh?  We have
patches/substitutions for similar functions in libc, gawk, and Guile,
for instance.

> + * The git_repo fixture cannot be found
> + * Communication with spawned processes fails with EPIPE

It might be that processes are spawned with /bin/sh too, and thus fail
instantly.

Cheers,
Ludo’.