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* Building from Git / Could not set character size
@ 2024-12-07 17:23 Tobias Alexandra Platen
  2024-12-07 21:06 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tobias Alexandra Platen @ 2024-12-07 17:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guix-devel

I tried to build guix from git, when I noticed the failed build with:
Error: Could not set character size
make[2]: *** [Makefile:7547: doc/images/service-graph.png] Error 1
I am following this manual page:
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Building-from-Git.html
... and cloned the latest version of guix today using: 
git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git

My guess is that some of the latest commits breaks the guix build.

Tobias Alexandra




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* Re: Building from Git / Could not set character size
  2024-12-07 17:23 Building from Git / Could not set character size Tobias Alexandra Platen
@ 2024-12-07 21:06 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
  2024-12-07 21:13   ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice @ 2024-12-07 21:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guix-devel, Tobias Alexandra Platen, guix-devel

Hi,

On 7 December 2024 17:23:13 UTC, Tobias Alexandra Platen <guix@platen-software.de> wrote:
>I tried to build guix from git, when I noticed the failed build with:
>Error: Could not set character size
>make[2]: *** [Makefile:7547: doc/images/service-graph.png] Error 1
>I am following this manual page:
>https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Building-from-Git.html

First off, use <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Building-from-Git.html> instead.  It documents master instead of the last release tag.

It's not going to fix your build, but it at least uses a container instead of a regular guix shell, and drops the obsolete (but harmless) localstatedir option.

>My guess is that some of the latest commits breaks the guix build.

I doubt it, although I can't reproduce your error so can't say for sure what did.  A fresh Guix checkout builds fine here, even using the 'old' instructions.

Try the new manual in a new checkout, it might just work.



Kind regards,

T G-R

Sent on the go.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.


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* Re: Building from Git / Could not set character size
  2024-12-07 21:06 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
@ 2024-12-07 21:13   ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice @ 2024-12-07 21:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: guix-devel, Tobias Alexandra Platen, guix-devel

On 7 December 2024 21:06:01 UTC, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> wrote:
>It's not going to fix your build

…I mean, in the sense that the instructions you followed are not 'wrong', AFAIK.  If it fixes anything that's a side-effect.



Kind regards,

T G-R

Sent on the go.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.


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