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Installation script fails on distributions that use busybox

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: conses <contact <at> conses.eu>
Subject: bug#58858: closed (Re: bug#58858: Installation script fails on
 distributions that use busybox)
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:31:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#58858: Installation script fails on distributions that use busybox

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 58858 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: conses <contact <at> conses.eu>
Cc: 58858-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58858: Installation script fails on distributions that use
 busybox
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:30:46 -0500

Hi,

conses <contact <at> conses.eu> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Following the instructions in the manual, I attempted to install the
> package manager in Alpine Linux via the official installation
> script. However, after completing the first prompts I got the error
> "mktemp: (null): Invalid argument". Upon closer inspection of the script
> and busybox's `mktemp' help page, which states the following:
>
> TEMPLATE must end with XXXXXX (e.g. [/dir/]nameXXXXXX)
>
> It's clear that the script should be modified to account for this with
> at least 6 "X" characters in the template, and this wouldn't pose a
> problem with GNU's `mktemp' because it takes "at least" 3 of them.

Thanks for the investigation and solution.  Applied in 6aa5d1dc24, which
should now be live at https://guix.gnu.org/install.sh.

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Maxim

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From: conses <contact <at> conses.eu>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Installation script fails on distributions that use busybox
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:30:57 +0200

Hi,

Following the instructions in the manual, I attempted to install the
package manager in Alpine Linux via the official installation
script. However, after completing the first prompts I got the error
"mktemp: (null): Invalid argument". Upon closer inspection of the script
and busybox's `mktemp' help page, which states the following:

TEMPLATE must end with XXXXXX (e.g. [/dir/]nameXXXXXX)

It's clear that the script should be modified to account for this with
at least 6 "X" characters in the template, and this wouldn't pose a
problem with GNU's `mktemp' because it takes "at least" 3 of them.

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Best regards,
conses

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