bug#27051: builder for glibc-intermediate-2.25 fails and ends guix pull

[Calvin Heim]

Hi,

'guix pull' fails with the Guix package manager on Trisquel 7.

$ uname -p
i686

$ guile --version
guile (GNU Guile) 2.2.0

$ guix --version
guix (GNU Guix) 20170430.04

$ guix pull
...
...
...
starting phase `pre-configure'
Backtrace:
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 157: 13 [catch #t #<catch-closure 84fa680> ...]
In unknown file:
   ?: 12 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 84fa680>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  63: 11 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
In ice-9/eval.scm:
 432: 10 [eval # #]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
2320: 9 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 8514de0 at
ice-9/boot-9.scm:3961:3 ()
>]
3966: 8 [#<procedure 8514de0 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:3961:3 ()>]
1645: 7 [%start-stack load-stack ...]
1650: 6 [#<procedure 8517d50 ()>]
In unknown file:
   ?: 5 [primitive-load
"/gnu/store/zhm1rxpqnhr8b976azyi10zkpm7i2d5q-glibc-intermediate-2.25-guile-builder"]
In ice-9/eval.scm:
 387: 4 [eval # ()]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 830: 3 [every1 #<procedure 889f360
at 
/gnu/store/5vvzwh41q3l0fdjyjxiz105fsxcz35rs-module-import/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm:649:9
 (expr)> ...]
In 
/gnu/store/5vvzwh41q3l0fdjyjxiz105fsxcz35rs-module-import/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm:
 653: 2 [#<procedure 889f360
at 
/gnu/store/5vvzwh41q3l0fdjyjxiz105fsxcz35rs-module-import/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm:649:9
 (expr)> #]
In ice-9/eval.scm:
 432: 1 [eval # #]
In unknown file:
   ?: 0 [system* "patch" "-p1" "--force" "--input" #f]

ERROR: In procedure system*:
ERROR: Wrong type (expecting string): #f
builder for
`/gnu/store/m7q6fhjy4zz8j36jvf7yihq65v6m3dnw-glibc-intermediate-2.25.drv' 
failed with exit code 1
cannot build derivation
`/gnu/store/kc6yxibxsk4vshl6svbwbm5wnig0d5zx-bash-static-4.4.12.drv': 1
dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation
`/gnu/store/l1bp2qw2v0p0f9v9vb1z3xd6z7s5kvlc-gcc-5.4.0.drv': 1
dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation
`/gnu/store/r68459m540fhs7n567pllbq827c90v9c-glibc-2.25.drv': 1
dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation
`/gnu/store/0g35596mg1x4r6150pqd0jkmfyb64zyj-guile-2.0.14.drv': 1
dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation
`/gnu/store/m92q2i44y1n0s1yv9h17gidvxzlg6si3-le-certs-0.drv': 1
dependencies couldn't be built
guix pull: error: build failed: build of
`/gnu/store/m92q2i44y1n0s1yv9h17gidvxzlg6si3-le-certs-0.drv' failed