bug#32050: closed (invoke (guix build utils) error reporting lacking)

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> invoke (guix build utils) error reporting lacking
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> Wed, 04 Jul 2018 08:50:50 -0400
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> The error reported by `invoke' isn't accurate, and mutes important
> output from the program invoked.
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> Example of a failed tar extraction:
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> /gnu/store/xlj36j9dw581iah51iyjgi75iikrj55h-module-import/guix/build/utils.scm:616:6:
>  In procedure invoke:
> Throw to key `srfi-34' with args `(#<condition &invoke-error [program: "tar" 
> arguments: ("xf" 
> "/gnu/store/yanfzfi7rdyf5scf5h65xbkn7xg0nnbn-docbook-dsssl-doc-1.79.tar.bz2" 
> "--strip-components=1" "-C" 
> "/gnu/store/rw7yzjk1wffza65z6l6rnn25qg97jvh1-docbook-dsssl-doc-1.79" 
> "docbook-dssl-1.79/doc") exit-status: 127 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f] 
> 68fc80>)'.
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> While reproducing the same error in an containerized environment,
> calling the command directly yields:
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> tar xf yanfzfi7rdyf5scf5h65xbkn7xg0nnbn-docbook-dsssl-doc-1.79.tar.bz2 
> --strip-components=1 -C $PWD docbook-dssl-1.79/doc
> tar: docbook-dssl-1.79/doc: Not found in archive
> tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
> maxim@apteryx /tmp/docbook-dsssl-doc [env]# echo $?
> 2
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> Two observations:
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> 1. invoke's reported exit status was wrong (127 rather than 2)
> 2. The useful error message "docbook-dssl-1.79/doc: Not found in
> archive" was masked.
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> Re: bug#32050: invoke (guix build utils) error reporting lacking
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> Thu, 28 May 2020 00:42:28 -0400
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux)
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> Hello,
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> I think my original observations must have occured in Emacs while using
> Geiser.  It has to do with what (current-output-port) is bound to in the
> REPL (see: https://github.com/jaor/geiser/issues/83).
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> I'm closing, as I haven't seen this issue in almost 2 years when using
> Guix from the command line.
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> Maxim
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