Package: guix;
Reported by: Bengt Richter <bokr <at> bokr.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 11:15:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Done: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Bengt Richter <bokr <at> bokr.com> Subject: bug#37900: closed (guix invocation induces guile locale error) Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 11:27:02 +0000
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Your bug report #37900: guix invocation induces guile locale error which was filed against the guix package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 37900 <at> debbugs.gnu.org. -- 37900: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=37900 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems
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From: Bengt Richter <bokr <at> bokr.com> To: New-Bug <bug-guix <at> gnu.org> Subject: guix invocation induces guile locale error Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 04:14:20 -0700Hi guix, guix describe (or guix anything) seems somehow to use guile without proper locale: ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ guile: warning: failed to install locale │ │ Generation 18 Oct 23 2019 11:19:31 (current) │ │ guix 3f4ea9a │ │ repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git │ │ branch: master │ │ commit: 3f4ea9a62b5fa68d57724b2f83c35a191e33b7c8 │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ whereas guile by itself does not complain, e.g. guile -v: ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ guile (GNU Guile) 2.2.6 │ │ Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. │ │ │ │ License LGPLv3+: GNU LGPL 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>. │ │ This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. │ │ There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Poking around, I noticed guix invocation invokes a script that appears to use glibc-utf8-locales-2.29 (see "===-NB:2.29->>>" arrow below) $ which guix|xargs readlink -f|xargs cat -n 1 #!/gnu/store/sc7z07gim1iq5zvfz1amdwf2irxrzifg-guile-2.2.6/bin/guile --no-auto-compile 2 !# 3 (begin (set! %load-path (cons (string-append "/gnu/store/h6h4ahrw8zq3zcjp8wxsv6nv24kjb293-guix-module-union" "/share/guile/site/" (effective-version)) %load-path)) (set! %load-compiled-path (cons (string-append "/gnu/store/h6h4ahrw8zq3zcjp8wxsv6nv24kjb293-guix-module-union" "/lib/guile/" (effective-version) "/site-ccache") %load-compiled-path)) (let ((locpath (getenv "GUIX_LOCPATH"))) (setenv "GUIX_LOCPATH" (string-append (if locpath (string-append locpath ":") "") ===-NB:2.29->>> "/gnu/store/n79cf8bvy3k96gjk1rf18d36w40lkwlr-glibc-utf8-locales-2.29/lib/locale" ))) (let ((guix-main (module-ref (resolve-interface (quote (guix ui))) (quote guix-main)))) (begin (bindtextdomain "guix" "/gnu/store/0m73px55qzbx70v2k346igajrszzz8kb-guix-locale-guix") (bindtextdomain "guix-packages" "/gnu/store/c01aal3wvwlhi5h81rz14yasf70w04j2-guix-locale-guix-packages")) (apply guix-main (command-line))))$ ## I'm wondering whether guix edit glibc-locales needs a 2.29 version of ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ;; Packages provided to ease use of binaries linked against the previous libc. │ │ (define-public glibc-locales-2.28 │ │ (package (inherit (make-glibc-locales glibc-2.28)) │ │ (name "glibc-locales-2.28"))) │ │ (define-public glibc-utf8-locales-2.28 │ │ (package (inherit (make-glibc-utf8-locales glibc-2.28)) │ │ (name "glibc-utf8-locales-2.28"))) │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ## I didn't see a commit for glibc-locales 2.29 $ pwd /home/bokr/wb/guix $ git log --grep='glibc-locales.*2\.2[89]' WARNING: terminal is not fully functional - (press RETURN) commit f77993bb50ad2bb02664697d81d4b12f2a0923b9 Author: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> Date: Tue Sep 24 14:00:58 2019 +0200 gnu: Add locale packages for glibc 2.28. * gnu/packages/base.scm (glibc-locales-2.28, glibc-utf8-locales-2.28): New variables. (glibc-locales-2.27, glibc-utf8-locales-2.27): Deprecate. commit d4137d84ac75edaf2739578d0868cd77dd6da43c Author: Kei Kebreau <kei <at> openmailbox.org> Date: Thu Jul 4 06:49:29 2019 -0400 gnu: make-glibc-locales: Adjust patch for glibc 2.29. The patch for glibc 2.28 and earlier replaces the same content, but the context in the patch is different enough to fail to merge. * gnu/packages/base.scm (make-glibc-locales)[source]: Add patch. * gnu/packages/patches/glibc-locales.patch: Adjust for glibc 2.29 and move old file... * gnu/packages/patches/glibc-locales-2.28.patch: ...here. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Add it. $ ## so, poking further ... $ which guix|xargs readlink -f|xargs cat -n /gnu/store/wg1ra0kswd2kspsqqdr3bcnrb61w8l6d-guix-command: a /gnu/store/sc7z07gim1iq5zvfz1amdwf2irxrzifg-guile-2.2.6/bin/guile --no-auto-compile script, ASCII text executable, with very long lines $ which guix|xargs readlink -f|xargs cat -n 1 #!/gnu/store/sc7z07gim1iq5zvfz1amdwf2irxrzifg-guile-2.2.6/bin/guile --no-auto-compile 2 !# 3 (begin (set! %load-path (cons (string-append "/gnu/store/h6h4ahrw8zq3zcjp8wxsv6nv24kjb293-guix-module-union" "/share/guile/site/" (effective-version)) %load-path)) (set! %load-compiled-path (cons (string-append "/gnu/store/h6h4ahrw8zq3zcjp8wxsv6nv24kjb293-guix-module-union" "/lib/guile/" (effective-version) "/site-ccache") %load-compiled-path)) (let ((locpath (getenv "GUIX_LOCPATH"))) (setenv "GUIX_LOCPATH" (string-append (if locpath (string-append locpath ":") "") "/gnu/store/n79cf8bvy3k96gjk1rf18d36w40lkwlr-glibc-utf8-locales-2.29/lib/locale"))) (let ((guix-main (module-ref (resolve-interface (quote (guix ui))) (quote guix-main)))) (begin (bindtextdomain "guix" "/gnu/store/0m73px55qzbx70v2k346igajrszzz8kb-guix-locale-guix") (bindtextdomain "guix-packages" "/gnu/store/c01aal3wvwlhi5h81rz14yasf70w04j2-guix-locale-guix-packages")) (apply guix-main (command-line))))$ $ $ # but 2.29 is not visibly installed, apparently: $ guix package -I locales guile: warning: failed to install locale glibc-utf8-locales 2.28 out /gnu/store/94k5w17z54w25lgp90czdqfv9m4hwzhq-glibc-utf8-locales-2.28 glibc-locales 2.28 out /gnu/store/bb9alx1ap57pz0vmx7p1r8qk0lxxfg3x-glibc-locales-2.28 $ $ guix package -A glibc-.*locales guile: warning: failed to install locale glibc-locales 2.29 out gnu/packages/base.scm:998:2 glibc-locales-2.28 2.28 out gnu/packages/base.scm:1131:2 glibc-utf8-locales 2.29 out gnu/packages/base.scm:1075:2 glibc-utf8-locales-2.28 2.28 out gnu/packages/base.scm:1134:2 $ $ # so try to upgrade the first one $ guix upgrade glibc-utf8-locales guile: warning: failed to install locale The following package will be upgraded: glibc-utf8-locales 2.28 → 2.29 /gnu/store/n79cf8bvy3k96gjk1rf18d36w40lkwlr-glibc-utf8-locales-2.29 substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://ci.guix.info'... 100.0% substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://ci.guix.info'... 100.0% building /gnu/store/l6740ia83s1nb4lh6jghs6xjba8nxvrh-avahi-0.7.tar.xz.drv... \builder for `/gnu/store/l6740ia83s1nb4lh6jghs6xjba8nxvrh-avahi-0.7.tar.xz.drv' failed with exit code 1 build of /gnu/store/l6740ia83s1nb4lh6jghs6xjba8nxvrh-avahi-0.7.tar.xz.drv failed View build log at '/var/log/guix/drvs/l6/740ia83s1nb4lh6jghs6xjba8nxvrh-avahi-0.7.tar.xz.drv.bz2'. cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/b005cnj8016kn7f0c8jqcy5izbav32c3-avahi-0.7.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built guix upgrade: error: build of `/gnu/store/b005cnj8016kn7f0c8jqcy5izbav32c3-avahi-0.7.drv' failed $ $ # What ??!! What does avahi have to do with locales? $ guix show avahi guile: warning: failed to install locale name: avahi version: 0.7 outputs: out systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux dependencies: dbus <at> 1.12.16 expat <at> 2.2.7 gdbm <at> 1.18.1 glib <at> 2.60.6 intltool <at> 0.51.0 libcap <at> 2.27 libdaemon <at> 0.14 pkg-config <at> 0.29.2 location: gnu/packages/avahi.scm:35:2 homepage: http://avahi.org license: LGPL 2.1+ synopsis: Implementation of mDNS/DNS-SD protocols description: Avahi is a system which facilitates service discovery on a local network. It is an implementation of the mDNS (for "Multicast DNS") and DNS-SD + (for "DNS-Based Service Discovery") protocols. $ # also my pristine cloned git guix repo has no apparent commit for locales 2.29, as we saw above $ cd ~/wb/guix $ git status On branch master Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'. nothing to commit, working tree clean $ git log|head commit 08d0a35578854c8db774178628c2dd818828cb0c Author: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> Date: Tue Oct 22 23:40:51 2019 +0200 gnu: python-ipykernel: Update to 5.1.3. * gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-ipykernel): Update to 5.1.3. [native-inputs]: Add python-flaky. commit d195f623aa48f1534b57bb613bdc9a15ac3395e0 ## I did guix pull as user, and going to root via su and real root via su -l ## the latter was at 0.16 ;-/ Now: $ $ guix describe guile: warning: failed to install locale Generation 18 Oct 23 2019 11:19:31 (current) guix 3f4ea9a repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: 3f4ea9a62b5fa68d57724b2f83c35a191e33b7c8 $ su -c 'guix describe' guile: warning: failed to install locale Generation 18 Oct 23 2019 18:19:31 (current) guix 3f4ea9a repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: 3f4ea9a62b5fa68d57724b2f83c35a191e33b7c8 $ su -lc 'guix describe' Password: Generation 2 Oct 23 2019 11:07:46 (current) guix 59d452d repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: 59d452da401c375e7bd18d2260c2e42ee0d05b72 $ # hm, snagged a different version there , but all pretty up to date $ HTH to fix both the problem and the flawed process that keeps re-producing whack-a-mole games at every major update. (too grumpy to chase this with strace etc. :) Anyone have an explanation for the avahi connection above? How did that get tangled in? Or should I look for file system corruption? ;-/ -- Regards, Bengt Richter
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