GNU bug report logs - #59278
gcc@7 and higher are not hidden packages

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Message #28 received at 59278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: bbb ee <blasforr <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 59278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59278: how gcc-toolchain can depends a package who doesn't
 exists?
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 09:53:26 +0100

Hi,

On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 at 22:42, bbb ee <blasforr <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> It is just a little confusing for newcomers to guix. If we really want to
> improve something, I think that could be to give a more rigorous
> specification of the guix command:

I agree that the manual does not speak about the concept of
’hidden-package’, if I read correctly.  A note would be welcome, IMHO.

However, the commit you are referring is from 2020:

        c81457a5883ea43950eb2ecdcbb58a5b144bcd11
        Author:     Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
        AuthorDate: Fri May 8 16:34:58 2020 +0200
        Commit:     Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
        CommitDate: Fri May 8 16:34:58 2020 +0200

        gnu: gcc-toolchain: Add 10.1.0.

        * gnu/packages/commencement.scm (gcc-toolchain-10): New variable.

        1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
        gnu/packages/commencement.scm | 3 +++

and many things have been improved since. ;-)


For instance, using 00ff6f7 (from ~Oct 2022), it reads,

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix search gcc | recsel -p name,version | head -30
name: gcc
version: 12.2.0

name: gcc
version: 11.3.0

name: gcc
version: 10.3.0

name: gcc
version: 9.5.0

name: gcc
version: 8.5.0

name: gcc
version: 7.5.0

name: gcc
version: 2.95.3

name: gcc-toolchain
version: 12.2.0

name: gcc-toolchain
version: 11.3.0

name: gcc-toolchain
version: 10.3.0
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Wait, contrary to what I said, the packages are not hidden when they
should be!  For example, gcc <at> 4m @5 and @6 are not displayed but @7 is.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix show gcc <at> 6
guix show: error: gcc <at> 6: package not found

$ guix show gcc <at> 7
name: gcc
version: 7.5.0
outputs:
+ lib: shared libraries
+ debug: debug information
+ out: everything else
systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux
dependencies: gmp <at> 6.2.1 isl <at> 0.23 libelf <at> 0.8.13 libstdc++-headers <at> 10.3.0 mpc <at> 1.2.1 mpfr <at> 4.1.0 perl <at> 5.34.0 texinfo <at> 6.7 zlib <at> 1.2.11
location: gnu/packages/gcc.scm:601:2
homepage: https://gcc.gnu.org/
license: GPL 3+
synopsis: GNU Compiler Collection  
description: GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection.  It provides compiler front-ends for several languages, including C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Ada, and
+ Go.  It also includes runtime support libraries for these languages.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

It is because the ’properties’ field of gcc <at> 7 is rewritten,

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
(define-public gcc-7
  (package
    (inherit gcc-6)
    (version "7.5.0")
[...]
    (properties
     `((compiler-cpu-architectures
        ("aarch64" ,@%gcc-7.5-aarch64-micro-architectures)
        ("armhf" ,@%gcc-7.5-armhf-micro-architectures)
        ("x86_64" ,@%gcc-7.5-x86_64-micro-architectures))))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

and thus, it looses ’hidden’, as shown here:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix repl
GNU Guile 3.0.8
Copyright (C) 1995-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Guile comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `,show w'.
This program is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `,show c' for details.

Enter `,help' for help.
scheme@(guix-user)> ,use(gnu packages gcc)
scheme@(guix-user)> (package-properties gcc-6)
$1 = ((hidden? . #t) (gcc-libc . #f))
scheme@(guix-user)> (package-properties gcc-7)
$2 = ((compiler-cpu-architectures ("aarch64" "armv8-a" "armv8.1-a" "armv8.2-a" "armv8.3-a") ("armhf" "armv7" "armv7-a" "armv7-m" "armv7-r" "armv7e-m" "armv7ve" "armv8-a" "armv8-a+crc" "armv8.1-a" "armv8.1-a+crc" "armv8-m.base" "armv8-m.main" "armv8-m.main+dsp" "iwmmxt" "iwmmxt2") ("x86_64" "core2" "nehalem" "westmere" "sandybridge" "ivybridge" "haswell" "broadwell" "skylake" "bonnell" "silvermont" "knl" "skylake-avx512" "k8" "k8-sse3" "barcelona" "bdver1" "bdver2" "bdver3" "bdver4" "znver1" "btver1" "btver2" "geode")))
scheme@(guix-user)>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


Thanks, there is indeed a bug. ;-)


Back to the initial report, what could be improved is the display of the
field ’dependencies’; distinguishing regular packages to hidden ones.
And maybe instead of a plain error “package not found”, the command
“guix show” could error which “non installable package” or something
like that.


Cheers,
simon

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