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Emacs-Guix broken due to ABI incompatibility

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From: Amade Nemes Gmail <nemesamade <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: emacs-guix 
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2022 18:38:52 +0100

Hello Guix Folks,

I've updated my guix version today and found that most emacs-guix
interactive commands no longer work. For example, guix-packages-by-name throws:

guix-geiser-eval: Error in evaluating guile expression: ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
In procedure package-license: Wrong type argument: #<package abduco <at> 0.6 gnu/packages/abduco.scm:28 7f45f9d11f20>

similarly, guix-all-services throws:

guix-geiser-eval: Error in evaluating guile expression: ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
In procedure service-type-location: Wrong type argument: #<service-type account 7f45de40d7c0>

finally, guix-installed-system-packages throws:

guix-geiser-eval: Error in evaluating guile expression: ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
In procedure manifest-entry-name: Wrong type argument: #<<manifest-entry> name: "nss-certs" version: "3.81" output: "out" item: "/gnu/store/1klwvqm3njp070h982ydcix1gzf2zmdl-nss-certs-3.81" dependencies: () search-paths: () parent: #<promise #<procedure 7f45f99873c8 at guix/profiles.scm:576:57 ()>> properties: ()>

My guix version if following:

$ guix describe
Generation 18	Dec 06 2022 14:13:59	(current)
  guix 4413512
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 44135122930c8175c6a7a1b4af5b3604bbf73bf6

I haven't made any modifications to the standard configuration of
emacs-guix. Thanks for your work!

Best,
Amade

Message #8 received at 59864 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Amade Nemes Gmail <nemesamade <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 59864 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59864: emacs-guix 
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2022 18:49:44 +0100

Hi,

Amade Nemes Gmail <nemesamade <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> I've updated my guix version today and found that most emacs-guix
> interactive commands no longer work. For example, guix-packages-by-name throws:
>
> guix-geiser-eval: Error in evaluating guile expression: ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
> In procedure package-license: Wrong type argument: #<package abduco <at> 0.6 gnu/packages/abduco.scm:28 7f45f9d11f20>

I think this is caused by an ABI incompatibility: the ‘guix’ package is
currently at 1.4.0rc1, which doesn’t have the change made in:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/59390

However, current ‘master’ does have this change.

The ‘emacs-guix’ package is built against the ‘guix’ package; it has
inlined calls like (package-name p) to something like:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
scheme@(guile-user)> ,optimize (package-name p)
$8 = (let ((s p))
  (if (eq? (struct-vtable s)
           (@@ (guix packages) <package>))
    (struct-ref s 0)
    (throw 'wrong-type-arg
           'package-name
           "Wrong type argument: ~S"
           (list s)
           (list s))))
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

But on ‘master’, <package> is a macro, not a record type descriptor;
thus, the (eq? …) expression is always false.

I’ll fix this by upgrading the ‘guix’ package and/or merging the (guix
records) bit in the ‘version-1.4.0’ branch.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Message #15 received at 59864-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Amade Nemes Gmail <nemesamade <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 59864-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59864: emacs-guix 
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:45:18 +0100

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> I’ll fix this by upgrading the ‘guix’ package and/or merging the (guix
> records) bit in the ‘version-1.4.0’ branch.

Done in 81191e3410cc00c6438f532599dd0b96d521982f.

Ludo’.

Message #18 received at 59864 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Amade Nemes Gmail <nemesamade <at> gmail.com>
To: 59864 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59864: closed (Re: bug#59864: emacs-guix )
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 10:31:09 +0100

Hi Ludo,

Thanks for the quick reply! Unfortunately I'm still getting the same
errors after pulling in the latest guix. Here's my emacs-guix package:


amade <at> swift ~$ guix package --show=emacs-guix
name: emacs-guix
version: 0.5.2-6.cf5b7a4
outputs:
+ out: everything
systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux
dependencies: autoconf <at> 2.69 automake <at> 1.16.3 emacs-bui <at> 1.2.1 emacs-dash <at> 2.19.1 emacs-edit-indirect <at> 0.1.10 emacs-geiser-guile <at> 0.28.1 emacs-geiser <at> 0.28.1 emacs-magit-popup <at> 2.13.3 emacs-minimal <at> 28.2
+ guile-gcrypt <at> 0.4.0 guile <at> 3.0.8 guix <at> 1.4.0rc1-1.9ccc94a pkg-config <at> 0.29.2 texinfo <at> 6.7
location: gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm:4346:4
homepage: https://guix.gnu.org
license: GPL 3+
synopsis: Emacs interface for GNU Guix  
description: Emacs-Guix provides a visual interface, tools and features for the GNU Guix package manager.  Particularly, it allows you to do various package management tasks from Emacs.  To begin with, run `M-x
+ guix-about' or `M-x guix-help' command.


As you can see it's depending on the updated guix <at> 1.4.0rc1-1.9ccc94a,
however the errors persist. Let me know I've misunderstood something,
still quite new to guix:)

Best,
Amade

Message #21 received at 59864 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Amade Nemes Gmail <nemesamade <at> gmail.com>
To: 59864 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59864: closed (Re: bug#59864: emacs-guix )
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2022 11:01:53 +0100

False alarm, is working correctly today. Not sure why it was not working
previously. I guess I skipped the tried and tested "have you tried
turning it off and on again?" troubleshooting step:)

Amade Nemes Gmail <nemesamade <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Ludo,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply! Unfortunately I'm still getting the same
> errors after pulling in the latest guix. Here's my emacs-guix package:
>
>
> amade <at> swift ~$ guix package --show=emacs-guix
> name: emacs-guix
> version: 0.5.2-6.cf5b7a4
> outputs:
> + out: everything
> systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux
> dependencies: autoconf <at> 2.69 automake <at> 1.16.3 emacs-bui <at> 1.2.1
> emacs-dash <at> 2.19.1 emacs-edit-indirect <at> 0.1.10 emacs-geiser-guile <at> 0.28.1
> emacs-geiser <at> 0.28.1 emacs-magit-popup <at> 2.13.3 emacs-minimal <at> 28.2
> + guile-gcrypt <at> 0.4.0 guile <at> 3.0.8 guix <at> 1.4.0rc1-1.9ccc94a pkg-config <at> 0.29.2 texinfo <at> 6.7
> location: gnu/packages/emacs-xyz.scm:4346:4
> homepage: https://guix.gnu.org
> license: GPL 3+
> synopsis: Emacs interface for GNU Guix  
> description: Emacs-Guix provides a visual interface, tools and
> features for the GNU Guix package manager.  Particularly, it allows
> you to do various package management tasks from Emacs.  To begin with,
> run `M-x
> + guix-about' or `M-x guix-help' command.
>
>
> As you can see it's depending on the updated guix <at> 1.4.0rc1-1.9ccc94a,
> however the errors persist. Let me know I've misunderstood something,
> still quite new to guix:)
>
> Best,
> Amade

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