Subject: Re: bug#34637: inferiors example yields error from guix package

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 12:35:21 +0100

Hi,

Martin Flack <[email-masked]> skribis:

> $ guix --version
> guix (GNU Guix) 3546e97f38bb4dfa4c016cd7a20d4add277ca8f7

[...]

> There is maybe an extra clue in guix environment output, regarding repl:
>
> ```
> $ guix environment --ad-hoc -m example-inferior.scm
>
> Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at '
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
> Computing Guix derivation for 'x86_64-linux'... |
> The following derivation will be built:
>    /gnu/store/caqr64cryz42nh687mg8p7dnpjk3dhqn-profile.drv
> The following profile hook will be built:
>    /gnu/store/gkhfa4z16x4336pbi1ha7njgdpm680yf-guix-package-cache.drv
> building path(s)
> `/gnu/store/yd83jmcpivf6aqzbhx5qwv59fcv40wd9-guix-package-cache'
> guix: repl: command not found
> Try `guix --help' for more information.
> Backtrace:
>            1 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/fgxq3d1zix70k2acrrcg1yn9qj0?")
>            0 (scm-error misc-error #f "~A ~S" ("inferior failed" #) #f)
>
> ERROR: In procedure scm-error:
> inferior failed "/gnu/store/2gln2fjds54kb97yxyz1mfa3hrrcrwlv-profile"
> builder for
> `/gnu/store/gkhfa4z16x4336pbi1ha7njgdpm680yf-guix-package-cache.drv' failed
> with exit code 1

Oh, got it.

Commit 4035fcba93aaf551f4b5698045f025aa61287e17 fixes it, thank you!

Ludo’.