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Re: guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies?
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Chris Marusich |
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Re: guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies? |
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Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:10:31 -0700 |
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John Darrington <address@hidden> writes:
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 09:18:30PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The manual says ((guix) Building from Git):
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> The easiest way to set up a development environment for Guix is, of
> course, by using Guix! The following command starts a new shell where
> all the dependencies and appropriate environment variables are set up to
> hack on Guix:
>
> guix environment guix
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> After running this command successfully, I get the following error while
> running ./bootstrap:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> + exec autoreconf -vfi
> ./bootstrap: line 5: exec: autoreconf: not found
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> This makes me wonder: has something changed, and the manual is now
> incorrect?
>
>
> I don't think so. Running ./bootstrap is not part of the normal process for
> *building*
> guix - only for bootstrapping. But you are right - it is common to want to
> do that.
> For this reason I often run:
>
> guix environment guix --ad-hoc automake autoconf texinfo help2man
>
>
> But perhaps you are right - the manual might want to mention this.
>
> J'
That makes sense. I feel like it used to provide all the dependencies,
including autoconf etc., but that was months ago, and I might be
mis-remembering. It works fine when I add the needed bootstrap
dependencies with --ad-hoc.
--
Chris
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- guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies?, Chris Marusich, 2016/09/28
- Re: guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies?, John Darrington, 2016/09/28
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- Re: guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies?, Thompson, David, 2016/09/29
- Re: guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies?, Chris Marusich, 2016/09/30
- Re: guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies?, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/09/30
- Re: guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies?, Chris Marusich, 2016/09/30