Subject: Re: bug#38241: python-hy build failure

From: Jesse Gibbons <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 18:44:09 -0700

On Sat, 2019-11-16 at 17:26 -0700, Jesse Gibbons wrote:
> guix build python-hy fails with the message
> error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/homeless-shelter'
> 
> It looks like the install step tries to access $HOME and fails. I am
> working
> on a patch to fix this.
> 
> 
> 
> 
The patch is attached. I noticed it lets it build, but python-hy is still
broken. Python2-hy is not broken though.
From 15580fd77397d55ddc459c6ada58201ee61e8ec8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Gibbons <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2019 18:33:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: python-hy: Set HOME to /tmp before install

This fixes bug#38241

* gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-hy)[arguments]: Add custom
'set-HOME phase before the 'install phase.
---
 gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
index d2786e4826..5b8b33b87f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm
@@ -8745,6 +8745,9 @@ with a new public API, and RPython support.")
     (arguments
      '(#:phases
        (modify-phases %standard-phases
+	 (add-before 'install 'set-HOME
+	   (lambda _
+	     (setenv "HOME" "/tmp")))
          (replace 'check
            (lambda _
              ;; Tests require write access to HOME.
-- 
2.24.0