bug#41059: Contributing section from manual does not work when I'm working on some patches

[Josh Marshall <joshua.r.marshall.1991@gmail.com>]

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On Mon, May 4, 2020, 10:43 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> wrote:

> Josh Marshall <joshua.r.marshall.1991@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > has the following results from various invocations:
> >
> > ```
> > anadon@goodadvicemallard:~/documents/code/guix$ ./pre-inst-env guix
> > guile: warning: failed to install locale
> > Backtrace:
> > In ice-9/threads.scm:
> >     390:8 19 (_ _)
> > In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> >   2994:20 18 (_)
> >    2312:4 17 (save-module-excursion _)
> >   3014:26 16 (_)
> > In unknown file:
> >           15 (primitive-load-path "guix/store" #<procedure 7fa451b4a?>)
> > In guix/store.scm:
> >      22:0 14 (_)
> > In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> >    2874:4 13 (define-module* _ #:filename _ #:pure _ #:version _ # _ ?)
> >   2887:24 12 (_)
> >    222:29 11 (map1 (((guix utils)) ((guix config)) ((guix #)) ((?)) ?))
> >    222:29 10 (map1 (((guix config)) ((guix deprecation)) ((guix ?)) ?))
> >    222:29  9 (map1 (((guix deprecation)) ((guix memoization)) ((?)) ?))
> >    222:29  8 (map1 (((guix memoization)) ((guix serialization)) (#) ?))
> >    222:29  7 (map1 (((guix serialization)) ((guix monads)) ((# #)) ?))
> >    222:29  6 (map1 (((guix monads)) ((guix records)) ((guix #)) (#) ?))
> >    222:29  5 (map1 (((guix records)) ((guix base16)) ((guix #)) (#) ?))
> >    222:29  4 (map1 (((guix base16)) ((guix base32)) ((gcrypt #)) # ?))
> >    222:29  3 (map1 (((guix base32)) ((gcrypt hash)) ((guix #)) (#) ?))
> >    222:17  2 (map1 (((gcrypt hash)) ((guix profiling)) ((rnrs #)) # ?))
> >    2803:6  1 (resolve-interface _ #:select _ #:hide _ #:prefix _ # _ ?)
> > In unknown file:
> >            0 (scm-error misc-error #f "~A ~S" ("no code for modu?" ?) ?)
> >
> > ERROR: In procedure scm-error:
> > no code for module (gcrypt hash)
> > ```
>
> You should use 'guix environment guix' to ensure the dependencies are
> available.
>
> > ```
> > anadon@goodadvicemallard:~/documents/code/guix$ guix environment guix --
> > ./pre-inst-env guix
> > guile: warning: failed to install locale
> > guix environment: error: failed to connect to
> > `/var/guix/daemon-socket/socket': Connection refused
> > ```
>
> This means the daemon is not running, or configured with a faulty
> --localstatedir.
>
> > ```
> > anadon@goodadvicemallard:~/documents/code/guix$ guix environment guix --
> > ./pre-inst-env guix build python-pytest-asyncio
> > guile: warning: failed to install locale
> > guix build: error: failed to connect to
> > `/usr/local/var/guix/daemon-socket/socket': Connection refused
> > ```
>
> Pass "--localstatedir=/var" when running the configure script to provide
> the correct daemon state directory.
>
> > The daemon has been run via systemd and
> > `anadon@goodadvicemallard:~/documents/code/guix$
> > sudo -E ./pre-inst-env guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild` to
> > similar effect.
>
> You don't need to run the daemon manually unless you want to hack on the
> daemon itself.  However if you do, make sure that it has been configured
> with the correct "--localstatedir" and "--sysconfdir".
>
> HTH,
> Marius
>

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