Re: Cannot build from git

[Ludovic Courtès]

John Darrington <address@hidden> skribis:

> /bin/mkdir -p `dirname "gnu/packages/guile.go"` ;                       \
>         LC_ALL=C                                                        \
>         ./pre-inst-env                                  \
>         /usr/bin/guild compile -L "." -L "/home/john/guix"      \
>           -Wformat -Wunbound-variable -Warity-mismatch                  \
>           --target="i686-pc-linux-gnu"                                        
>   \
>           -o "gnu/packages/guile.go" "/home/john/guix/gnu/packages/guile.scm"
> Backtrace:
> In gnu/packages/avahi.scm:
>   19: 19 [#<procedure 8e24eb0 ()>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 2667: 18 [define-module* (gnu packages avahi) #:filename ...]
> 2642: 17 [resolve-imports ((# # #) (#) (#) (#) ...)]
> 2580: 16 [resolve-interface (gnu packages glib) #:select ...]
> 2505: 15 [#<procedure 86cecf0 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:2493:4 (name #:optional 
> autoload version #:key ensure)> # ...]
> 2772: 14 [try-module-autoload (gnu packages glib) #f]
> 2111: 13 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 8dd1618 at 
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:2773:17 ()>]
> 2783: 12 [#<procedure 8dd1618 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:2773:17 ()>]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 11 [primitive-load-path "gnu/packages/glib" #f]
> In gnu/packages/glib.scm:
>   21: 10 [#<procedure 8e2bad0 ()>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 2667: 9 [define-module* (gnu packages glib) #:filename ...]
> 2642: 8 [resolve-imports (# # # # ...)]
> 2580: 7 [resolve-interface (gnu packages base) #:select ...]
> 2505: 6 [#<procedure 86cecf0 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:2493:4 (name #:optional 
> autoload version #:key ensure)> # ...]
> 2772: 5 [try-module-autoload (gnu packages base) #f]
> 2111: 4 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 8dd1498 at 
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:2773:17 ()>]
> 2783: 3 [#<procedure 8dd1498 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:2773:17 ()>]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 2 [primitive-load-path "gnu/packages/base" #f]
> In gnu/packages/base.scm:
> 1042: 1 [#<procedure 8e41280 ()>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>  106: 0 [#<procedure 878b440 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:97:6 (thrown-k . args)> 
> misc-error ...]
>
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:106:20: In procedure #<procedure 878b440 at 
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:97:6 (thrown-k . args)>:
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:106:20: In procedure #<procedure 8e41280 ()>: Unbound 
> variable: guile-2.0/fixed
> make[2]: *** [gnu/packages/guile.go] Error 1
> make[2]: Target `all-am' not remade because of errors.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/Scratch/john/guix-dev'
>
>
> Git bisect revealed that the bad change was this one:
>
>
> commit 595801e2f4736a7fc08484716adf3bc49432bfa9
> Author: Ludovic Court<C3><A8>s <address@hidden>
> Date:   Wed Dec 4 00:30:08 2013 +0100
>
>     gnu: Add Guile-SSH.
>     
>     * gnu/packages/guile.scm (guile-ssh): New variable.
>
>
>
> Reverting that change allows me to build again.

This is a circular dependency + autoload issue that affects Guile
<= 2.0.9, because of <http://bugs.gnu.org/12202>.

Commit 49d294e sidesteps the issue by moving ‘guile-ssh’ to ssh.scm.

Can you confirm that it works for you?

Thanks,
Ludo’.