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Unable to generate a bootable image for pinebook pro

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From: Richard Sent <richard <at> freakingpenguin.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Unable to generate a bootable image for pinebook pro
Date: Fri, 10 May 2024 15:27:20 -0400

Hi Guix!

When building a system image for the pinebook pro, the image either
fails to build or fail to boot. This occurs when when using the
pinebook-pro-barebones-raw-image defined in the Guix repository.

When --system=aarch64-linux is not passed, the image build fails when
cross compiling packages.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix system image gnu/system/images/pinebook-pro.scm
...
building /gnu/store/ibjl0n8d1ac107vvkvjgrlb74sxm2b0k-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8.drv...
\ 'configure' phasebuilder for `/gnu/store/ibjl0n8d1ac107vvkvjgrlb74sxm2b0k-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8.drv' failed with exit code 1
build of /gnu/store/ibjl0n8d1ac107vvkvjgrlb74sxm2b0k-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8.drv failed
View build log at '/var/log/guix/drvs/ib/jl0n8d1ac107vvkvjgrlb74sxm2b0k-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8.drv.gz'.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

When --system=aarch64-linux is passed (enforcing QEMU builds for
packages instead of attempting cross compilation), the image builds but
the Pinebook Pro does not appear to detect it and will fall back on
eMMC.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
guix system image gnu/system/images/pinebook-pro.scm --system=aarch64-linux
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Per the blog post on
https://othacehe.org/distributing-guix-system-pinebook-pro-images.html,
building a pinebook pro system image should be as simple as the first
command. When package compilation errors occurs, the user should be able
to fall back on the second command.

Below is the tail of the log when cross compiling gawk-mesboot:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
...
checking for function prototypes... yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking whether NLS is requested... yes
checking for msgfmt... no
checking for gmsgfmt... :
checking for xgettext... no
checking for msgmerge... no
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... Invalid configuration `aarch64-linux-gnu': machine `aarch64' not recognized
configure: error: /gnu/store/rb75igdc6daly1mz2ivz7rs8hd85imdz-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash ./config.sub aarch64-linux-gnu failed
error: in phase 'configure': uncaught exception:
srfi-34 #<condition &invoke-error [program: "/gnu/store/rb75igdc6daly1mz2ivz7rs8hd85imdz-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash" arguments: ("./configure" "CC_FOR_BUILD=gcc" "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/bl3aq7fnpyxq9w2a7bqa4zqgd8z88y8x-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8" "--enable-fast-install" "--build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" "--host=aarch64-linux-gnu" "ac_cv_func_connect=no") exit-status: 1 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f] 152a5c0> 
phase `configure' failed after 30.6 seconds
command "/gnu/store/rb75igdc6daly1mz2ivz7rs8hd85imdz-gash-boot-0.3.0/bin/bash" "./configure" "CC_FOR_BUILD=gcc" "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/bl3aq7fnpyxq9w2a7bqa4zqgd8z88y8x-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8" "--enable-fast-install" "--build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" "--host=aarch64-linux-gnu" "ac_cv_func_connect=no" failed with status 1
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

-- 
Take it easy,
Richard Sent
Making my computer weirder one commit at a time.

Message #8 received at 70865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll <at> gmail.com>
To: 70865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Richard Sent <richard <at> freakingpenguin.com>
Subject: Unable to generate a bootable image for pinebook pro
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 21:39:39 +0000

Hello,

did you try to boot images from the CI:
https://ci.guix.gnu.org/jobset/images

Regards

-- 
Vincent Legoll

Message #11 received at 70865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: jgart <jgart <at> dismail.de>
To: 70865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll <at> gmail.com>,
 Richard Sent <richard <at> freakingpenguin.com>
Subject: Re: Unable to generate a bootable image for pinebook pro
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 19:04:36 -0500

hi,

i ran into the same issue when running the following command:

$ guix system image gnu/system/images/pinebook-pro.scm

building /gnu/store/ibjl0n8d1ac107vvkvjgrlb74sxm2b0k-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8.drv...
\ 'configure' phasenote: keeping build directory `/tmp/guix-build-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8.drv-0'
builder for `/gnu/store/ibjl0n8d1ac107vvkvjgrlb74sxm2b0k-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8.drv' failed with exit code 1
build of /gnu/store/ibjl0n8d1ac107vvkvjgrlb74sxm2b0k-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8.drv failed
View build log at '/var/log/guix/drvs/ib/jl0n8d1ac107vvkvjgrlb74sxm2b0k-gawk-mesboot-3.1.8.drv.gz'.
cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/rn8g7dy2i7dmwlkirnhk3lgx34rya36g-glibc-2.35.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
guix system: error: build of `/gnu/store/rn8g7dy2i7dmwlkirnhk3lgx34rya36g-glibc-2.35.drv' failed

-- 
all the best,
jgart

Message #14 received at 70865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Yarl <yarl-baudig <at> mailoo.org>
To: 70865 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: to be closed?
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:13:14 +0100

The boot problem is solved with https://issues.guix.gnu.org/74887.

The cross build problem isn't but is there:
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/66866.

Thus, I think this issue can be closed.

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