From: maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com
To: Bengt Richter <bokr@bokr.com>
Cc: 42601@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42601: Guix install bug: error: Unbound variable: ~S
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2020 14:39:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87imdzo9ox.fsf@hurd.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200731080410.GA3470@LionPure> (Bengt Richter's message of "Fri, 31 Jul 2020 10:04:10 +0200")
Hi,
Bengt Richter <bokr@bokr.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> On +2020-07-30 00:15:56 +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>>
>> Jan Wielkiewicz <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl> writes:
>>
>> > Dnia 2020-07-29, o godz. 22:17:01
>> > Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> napisał(a):
>> >
>> >>
>> >> “avr-toolchain” is a procedure, not a package. Use
>> >> “avr-toolchain-4.9” or “avr-toolchain-5”.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Success!
>> >
>> > What about the strange message though?
>> > "incorrect package definition" would be better.
>>
>> “Unbound variable: ~S” looks like a format string with a placeholder
>> that didn’t get replaced with an actual value. It would be marginally
>> better if it said “Unbound variable: avr-toolchain”.
>
> I suspect there are also bugs lurking in the exception-reporting chain between
> a (throw 'exception args ...) and the ultimate format statement that produces
> a message with "~S" in it. Perhaps one got fixed or avoided in the upgrade?
That would be my hunch too! I had reported and tried to fix such problems
here: http://issues.guix.gnu.org/41956. Still unresolved, it requires
more effort to be fixed properly (writing tests mostly).
Maxim
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-03 18:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-29 16:09 bug#42601: Guix install bug: error: Unbound variable: ~S Jan Wielkiewicz
2020-07-29 16:16 ` Jan Wielkiewicz
2020-07-29 17:00 ` Leo Famulari
2020-07-29 17:18 ` Jan Wielkiewicz
2020-07-29 17:57 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-07-29 19:36 ` Jan Wielkiewicz
2020-07-29 19:44 ` Jan Wielkiewicz
2020-07-29 20:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-07-29 22:12 ` Jan Wielkiewicz
2020-07-29 22:15 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2020-07-29 22:33 ` Leo Famulari
2020-07-31 8:04 ` Bengt Richter
2020-08-03 18:39 ` maxim.cournoyer [this message]
2020-08-05 20:33 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-08-05 23:53 ` Jan Wielkiewicz
2020-08-23 16:24 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-08-09 22:25 ` Jan Wielkiewicz
2022-06-11 21:27 ` bug#42601: Sharlatan Hellseher
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