bug#69680: clj (clojure-tools) fails with :deps alias

bug#69680: clj (clojure-tools) fails with :deps alias

[Ryan Barber]

I am attempting to use the :deps tools to diagnose some library issues
using "-X:deps list" and "-X:deps tree", but I keep encountering the
same error.

This example is run from an empty directory, without a project deps.edn.

$ guix shell clojure-tools openjdk -- clj -M:deps
Warning: failed to load the S3TransporterFactory class
Warning: failed to load the S3TransporterFactory class
Warning: failed to load the S3TransporterFactory class
SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder".
SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation
SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for
further details.
Warning: failed to load the S3TransporterFactory class
Warning: failed to load the S3TransporterFactory class
Warning: failed to load the S3TransporterFactory class
Warning: failed to load the S3TransporterFactory class
Warning: failed to load the S3TransporterFactory class
Error building classpath. Could not find artifact
org.clojure:tools.deps.alpha:jar:${project.version} in central
(https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/)

bug#69680: clj (clojure-tools) fails with :deps alias

[Ian Eure]

Looks like the issue is a ${project.version} sitting in a deps.edn 
in the resources of the JAR.

I have a patch that seems to solve this, but it’s ludicrous due to 
clojure-build-system being buggy.  Also, tools.deps.alpha has been 
deprecated for two years and really shouldn’t be in Guix at all. 
I’ve done some work on getting Clojure stuff in Guix into better 
shape, but it’s not ready yet.

Patch incoming shortly.

  — Ian