Subject: Re: bug#68340: coreutils-mesboot-9.1 failed

From: Greg Hogan <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 10:22:00 -0400

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 3:01 AM Jing Luo via Bug reports for GNU Guix
<[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On 2024-01-13 20:53, Josselin Poiret wrote:
> > Hi Jing,
> >
> > Jing Luo via Bug reports for GNU Guix <[email-masked]> writes:
> >
> >> building
> >> /gnu/store/9dspz8w4i6c9wkdskirv4rj6lmsgp54c-coreutils-mesboot-9.1.drv...
> >> | 'build' phasebuilder for
> >> `/gnu/store/9dspz8w4i6c9wkdskirv4rj6lmsgp54c-coreutils-mesboot-9.1.drv'
> >> failed with exit code 1
> >> build of
> >> /gnu/store/9dspz8w4i6c9wkdskirv4rj6lmsgp54c-coreutils-mesboot-9.1.drv
> >> failed
> >> View build log at
> >> '/var/log/guix/drvs/9d/spz8w4i6c9wkdskirv4rj6lmsgp54c-coreutils-mesboot-9.1.drv.gz'.
> >
> > Can you also include the relevant failing part of
> > /var/log/guix/drvs/9d/spz8w4i6c9wkdskirv4rj6lmsgp54c-coreutils-mesboot-9.1.drv.gz?
> >
> > Best,
>
> Not sure if I got it right, but here it is:
>
> ```
> [...]
>
> phase `patch-source-shebangs' succeeded after 0.3 seconds
> starting phase `configure'
> source directory:
> "/tmp/guix-build-coreutils-mesboot-9.1.drv-0/coreutils-9.1" (relative
> from build: ".")
> build directory:
> "/tmp/guix-build-coreutils-mesboot-9.1.drv-0/coreutils-9.1"
> configure flags:
> ("CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/rb75igdc6daly1mz2ivz7rs8hd85imdz-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash"
> "SHELL=/gnu/store/rb75igdc6daly1mz2ivz7rs8hd85imdz-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash"
> "--prefix=/gnu/store/6waxmqaggl0h1v811y1wdmd9pdaix7yl-coreutils-mesboot-9.1"
> "--enable-fast-install" "--build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu")
> configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-fast-install
>
> [...]
>
> checking whether snprintf returns a byte count as in C99... yes
> Backtrace:
> In gash/eval.scm:
>   221: 19 [eval-sh (<sh-set!> ("as_decl_name" (<sh-cmd-sub> #)))]
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>   642: 18 [for-each #<procedure 13d1da0 at gash/eval.scm:221:17 (name
> word)> # #]
> In gash/eval.scm:
>   222: 17 [#<procedure 13d1da0 at gash/eval.scm:221:17 (name word)>
> "as_decl_name" #]
>   131: 16 [eval-word (<sh-cmd-sub> (<sh-pipeline> # #)) #:output string
> ...]
>   121: 15 [expand-word (<sh-cmd-sub> (<sh-pipeline> # #)) #:output string
> ...]
> In gash/shell.scm:
>   289: 14 [sh:substitute-command #<procedure 13d1d20 at
> gash/eval.scm:129:35 ()>]
>   270: 13 [%subshell #<procedure v ()>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   157: 12 [catch quit #<procedure v ()> ...]
> In ice-9/r4rs.scm:
>   176: 11 [with-output-to-port #<variable 1f783c0 value: #<output: file
> 24>> ...]
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>   619: 10 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> ((<sh-pipeline> # #))]
> In gash/shell.scm:
>   344: 9 [sh:pipeline #<procedure 13d19a0 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()> ...]
>   310: 8 [plumb #<input: #{read pipe}# 13> #f ...]
>   270: 7 [%subshell #<procedure thunk* ()>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   157: 6 [catch quit #<procedure thunk* ()> ...]
> In gash/shell.scm:
>   316: 5 [thunk*]
>   129: 4 [sh:exec-let () "sed" "s/ *(.*//"]
>    92: 3 [exec-utility () ...]
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>   616: 2 [for-each #<procedure 11ca1a0 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> (0 1
> 2 ...)]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 1473: 1 [dup->port #<input: file 23> "r" 7]
> In unknown file:
>     ?: 0 [fdopen 7 "r"]
>
> ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
> ERROR: In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor
> Backtrace:
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   157: 19 [catch #t #<catch-closure c93c40> ...]
> In unknown file:
>     ?: 18 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure c93c40>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>    63: 17 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
>   432: 16 [eval # #]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   793: 15 [call-with-input-file "./configure" ...]
> In gash/gash.scm:
>   121: 14 [#<procedure 13047e0 at gash/gash.scm:120:19 (port)> #<input:
> ./configure 23>]
> In gash/repl.scm:
>    38: 13 [run-repl #<input: ./configure 23> #f]
> In gash/shell.scm:
>   129: 12 [sh:exec-let () "ac_fn_check_decl" ...]
> In gash/environment.scm:
>   215: 11 [save-variables-excursion () ...]
>   292: 10 [with-arguments # #<procedure 1c8ced0 at gash/shell.scm:145:25
> ()>]
>   389: 9 [call-with-return #<procedure 1c8ce10 at gash/shell.scm:147:28
> ()>]
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>   619: 8 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> ((<sh-begin> # # # ...))]
>   619: 7 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> (# # # # ...)]
>   616: 6 [for-each #<procedure eval-sh (exp)> (# #)]
> In gash/shell.scm:
>   245: 5 [#<procedure 1fb0cc0 at gash/shell.scm:239:17 ()>]
>   129: 4 [sh:exec-let () "printf" "%s" "checking whether  is declared...
> "]
>    92: 3 [exec-utility () ...]
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>   616: 2 [for-each #<procedure 11ca1a0 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> (0 1
> 2 ...)]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 1473: 1 [dup->port #<input: file 22> "r" 7]
> In unknown file:
>     ?: 0 [fdopen 7 "r"]
>
> ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
> ERROR: In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor
> no
> checking for stdbool.h that conforms to C99... yes
> [...]
> checking for uname... yes
> Backtrace:
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   157: 15 [catch #t #<catch-closure c93c40> ...]
> In unknown file:
>     ?: 14 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure c93c40>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>    63: 13 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
>   432: 12 [eval # #]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   793: 11 [call-with-input-file "./configure" ...]
> In gash/gash.scm:
>   121: 10 [#<procedure 13047e0 at gash/gash.scm:120:19 (port)> #<input:
> ./configure 20>]
> In gash/repl.scm:
>    38: 9 [run-repl #<input: ./configure 20> #f]
> In gash/shell.scm:
>   441: 8 [sh:cond # #]
>    55: 7 [without-errexit #<procedure 134c580 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()>]
>   380: 6 [sh:or #<procedure 134c4e0 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()> ...]
>    55: 5 [without-errexit #<procedure 134c4e0 at gash/eval.scm:149:6 ()>]
>   129: 4 [sh:exec-let () "test" "" "!=" "yes"]
>    92: 3 [exec-utility () ...]
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>   616: 2 [for-each #<procedure 11ca1a0 at gash/shell.scm:70:12 (i)> (0 1
> 2 ...)]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 1473: 1 [dup->port #<input: file 14> "r" 7]
> In unknown file:
>     ?: 0 [fdopen 7 "r"]
>
> ERROR: In procedure fdopen:
> ERROR: In procedure scm_fdes_to_port: Bad file descriptor
> /gnu/store/pmjb23p8j2f5543k8ng5x8gw08yjb411-gash-utils-boot-0.2.0/bin/test:
> Unknown unary operator: "-lt"
> /gnu/store/pmjb23p8j2f5543k8ng5x8gw08yjb411-gash-utils-boot-0.2.0/bin/test:
> Unknown unary operator: "-eq"
> checking whether unlink honors trailing slashes... (cached) yes
>
> [...]
>
> /gnu/store/pmjb23p8j2f5543k8ng5x8gw08yjb411-gash-utils-boot-0.2.0/bin/test:
> Unknown unary operator: "-c"
>
> [...]
>
> phase `patch-generated-file-shebangs' succeeded after 0.3 seconds
> starting phase `patch-shell-references'
> phase `patch-shell-references' succeeded after 0.4 seconds
> starting phase `build'
>    GEN      lib/alloca.h
>
> [...]
>
>    CC       lib/libcoreutils_a-u64.o
>    CC       lib/libcoreutils_a-unicodeio.o
> In file included from lib/unicodeio.c:40:0:
> lib/unistr.h:21:22: fatal error: unitypes.h: No such file or directory
>   #include "unitypes.h"
>                        ^
> compilation terminated.
> make[2]: *** [lib/libcoreutils_a-unicodeio.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/tmp/guix-build-coreutils-mesboot-9.1.drv-0/coreutils-9.1'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/tmp/guix-build-coreutils-mesboot-9.1.drv-0/coreutils-9.1'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> error: in phase 'build': uncaught exception:
> srfi-34 #<condition &invoke-error [program: "make" arguments: ()
> exit-status: 2 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f] 17613c0>
> phase `build' failed after 172.3 seconds
> command "make" failed with status 2
> ```
>
> Although later that day guix successfullly built coreutils, so it's
> probably fixed?
>
>
> --
> Jing Luo
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Closing since reporter noted that the issue turned out to be transient.