GNU bug report logs - #40819
[core-updates] font-gnu-freefont fails to build

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Jack Hill <jackhill <at> jackhill.us>

Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 14:34:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Jack Hill <jackhill <at> jackhill.us>, 40819-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40819: [core-updates] font-gnu-freefont fails to build
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:20:34 +0200

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Jack Hill <jackhill <at> jackhill.us> writes:

> Hi Guix,
>
> On the current core-updates branch, font-gnu-freefont fails to build with 
> the attatched build log.
>
> Based on the messages about syntax errors, it looks like gnu-freefont is 
> not compatible with python3, and instead needs python2.

A new version of GNU FreeFont that supports Python 3 is slated for later
this year.  Meanwhile I fixed this by providing an older FontForge in
commit 4affa9182d93c77505c40e95964b8ab9d436298b.

Thanks!

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