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emacsy-minimal fails to build

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From: Xinglu Chen <public <at> yoctocell.xyz>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacsy-minimal fails to build
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:37:14 +0100

Hi,

While trying to install Nomad, the emacsy-minimal packages fails to
build.

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phase `unpack' succeeded after 0.0 seconds
starting phase `bootstrap'
patch-shebang: build-aux/git-version-gen: changing `/bin/sh' to
`/gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16/bin/sh'
running './autogen.sh'
patch-shebang: ./autogen.sh: changing `/bin/sh' to
`/gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16/bin/sh'
./autogen.sh: line 2: autoreconf: command not found
command "./autogen.sh" failed with status 127
builder for
`/gnu/store/1xz2q90jcv10g24jgv4lkcdvi7qv5wd4-emacsy-minimal-0.4.1-37-g5f91ee6.drv'
failed with exit code 1
build of
/gnu/store/1xz2q90jcv10g24jgv4lkcdvi7qv5wd4-emacsy-minimal-0.4.1-37-g5f91ee6.drv
failed
View build log at
'/var/log/guix/drvs/1x/z2q90jcv10g24jgv4lkcdvi7qv5wd4-emacsy-minimal-0.4.1-37-g5f91ee6.drv.bz2'.
guix build: error: build of
`/gnu/store/1xz2q90jcv10g24jgv4lkcdvi7qv5wd4-emacsy-minimal-0.4.1-37-g5f91ee6.drv'
failed
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Since emacsy-minimal uses the gnu-build-system, I thought that
`autoreconf` would already be available in the build environment, no?

I was able to reproduce this with:

$ guix time-machine --commit=bc10203 -- build emacsy-minimal

Any help would be appreciated!

Message #8 received at 46934 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Xinglu Chen <public <at> yoctocell.xyz>, 46934 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46934: emacsy-minimal fails to build
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 20:12:45 +0100

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On Thu, 2021-03-04 at 22:37 +0100, Xinglu Chen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> While trying to install Nomad, the emacsy-minimal packages fails to
> build.
> 
> [...]
>
> Since emacsy-minimal uses the gnu-build-system, I thought that
> `autoreconf` would already be available in the build environment, no?

gnu-build-system does not imply "autoconf" as a native-input.
gnu-build-system refers to packages that have a "./configure && make && make check
&& make install" build system, these do not necessarily use autoconf
and automake.  And when they do, the generated Makefile.in and configure
script are often included in the release tarball, in which case
gnu-build-system does not try to call "autoreconf".

(IMHO gnu-build-system should always regenerate configure and Makefile.in
except when it causes bootstrapping problems, but that's a separate matter.)

I propose the attached patch, which seems to let "emacsy-minimal" build
(on top of commit 4bc9a1f4e3bd39302b4ceaab8589a2e6ef82c4bd in my case).
I've also fixed a build input of nomad (wrong variant of gnutls).  I can
now start nomad!

> Any help would be appreciated!

It is a known issue, but it seems to have slippen through the cracks.

Greetings, Maxime.
-- 
Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
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Message #13 received at 46934-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Xinglu Chen <public <at> yoctocell.xyz>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, 46934-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#46934: emacsy-minimal fails to build
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2021 22:36:57 +0100

On Fri, Mar 05 2021, Maxime Devos wrote:

> On Thu, 2021-03-04 at 22:37 +0100, Xinglu Chen wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> While trying to install Nomad, the emacsy-minimal packages fails to
>> build.
>> 
>> [...]
>>
>> Since emacsy-minimal uses the gnu-build-system, I thought that
>> `autoreconf` would already be available in the build environment, no?
>
> gnu-build-system does not imply "autoconf" as a native-input.
> gnu-build-system refers to packages that have a "./configure && make
> && make check && make install" build system, these do not necessarily
> use autoconf and automake.  And when they do, the generated
> Makefile.in and configure script are often included in the release
> tarball, in which case gnu-build-system does not try to call
> "autoreconf".

Thanks for the explanation!

> I propose the attached patch, which seems to let "emacsy-minimal" build
> (on top of commit 4bc9a1f4e3bd39302b4ceaab8589a2e6ef82c4bd in my case).
> I've also fixed a build input of nomad (wrong variant of gnutls).  I can
> now start nomad!

Great, it works for me too.  Would you mind sending the patch to the
guix-patches mailing list?

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