From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bengt Richter Subject: bug#37865: guix pull: error: You found a bug: Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019 23:55:04 -0700 Message-ID: <20191025065504.GA45401@PhantoNv4ArchGx.localdomain> References: <20191022083418.0c821e9d.kmx@posteo.net> <87sgnkwk5l.fsf@gnu.org> <20191023085503.7af886c5.kmx@posteo.net> <874kzzx023.fsf@gnu.org> <20191023162411.3d520e24.kmx@posteo.net> <20191023165504.GB15460@E5400> <20191024133429.714337fb.kmx@posteo.net> <20191024204956.GA991@PhantoNv4ArchGx.localdomain> Reply-To: Bengt Richter Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38058) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iNtVz-0001c8-Hw for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:56:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iNtVy-0007B7-A0 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:56:03 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56603) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iNtVy-0007Au-6P for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:56:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iNtVy-0003bQ-3C for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 25 Oct 2019 02:56:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191024204956.GA991@PhantoNv4ArchGx.localdomain> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Kai Mertens Cc: 37865@debbugs.gnu.org On +2019-10-24 13:49:56 -0700, Bengt Richter wrote: > On +2019-10-24 13:34:29 +0200, Kai Mertens wrote: > > [...] > > > > When invoking guix package -I for example, I encountered an error like > > guile: failed to install locale > > > > I have encountered the same error. It seems to recur for me after major updates. > So there seems to be something lurking to reawaken the real error message source. > I collected some symptoms and posted them as bug#37900. > A recently committed fix enabled me to fix my problem with "guile: failed to install locale" that was triggered by any invocation of guix: guix pull ## make sure the fix is in! ;-) guix install avahi ## likely you won't need this first, but it stood in my way per bug#37900 ## (after the fix, I might not have needed it either for the locale upgrade, idk). guix install glibc-utf8-locales ## if your locale is within '("de_DE" "el_GR" "en_US" "fr_FR" "tr_TR") If you have an exotic locale outside of those, you may have to install the big one: guix install glibc-locales A snip from guix edit glibc-utf8-locales: --------------------------------------- ;; tests---e.g., in Guile's i18n tests. '("de_DE" "el_GR" "en_US" "fr_FR" "tr_TR")) #t)))) (native-inputs `(("glibc" ,glibc) ("gzip" ,gzip))) (synopsis "Small sample of UTF-8 locales") (description "This package provides a small sample of UTF-8 locales mostly useful in test environments.") --------------------------------------- HTH, in case your "guile: failed to install locale" hasn't gone away yet :) -- Regards, Bengt Richter