GNU bug report logs - #46580
vim-full fails to build

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Alex <aleksq <at> protonmail.ch>

Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:25:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 46642

Done: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Alex <aleksq <at> protonmail.ch>
Cc: Softwafe Engineer <timsofteng <at> gmail.com>, iyzsong <at> member.fsf.org, 46580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, John Soo <jsoo1 <at> asu.edu>, Alexandru-Sergiu Marton <brown121407 <at> posteo.ro>
Subject: bug#46580: vim-full fails to build
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 20:29:33 +0100

Hi again,

Fix with patch: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/46950>.


On Fri, 05 Mar 2021 at 19:30, zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> However, I am not sure to understand how all the machinery works.  For
> instance, I do not understand why:
>
>            ((#:make-flags flags)
>             `("LDFLAGS=-lexpat"))
>
> raises the backtrace:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> Backtrace:

[...]

> ice-9/eval.scm:217:33: In procedure lp:
> Wrong type to apply: "LDFLAGS=-lexpat"
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Explanations welcome. :-)

Well, that’s a quote/unquote dance.  The valid way is:

            ((#:make-flags flags)
             `(list "LDFLAGS=-lexpat"))

Cheers,
simon
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