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From: Luther Thompson <lutheroto@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Trouble with 'guix download'
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:15:28 -0500
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On Mon, 2017-12-04 at 11:36 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Luther Thompson <lutheroto@gmail.com> skribis:
> 
> > I'd like to install Python 3.6.3 with Guix, but Guix only has a package
> > for 3.5.3. I'm trying to see if I can write my own package definition.
> > I'm currently stuck trying to use 'guix download'. This is what I get:
> >
> > $ guix download https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.3/Python-3.6.3.tar.xz
> >
> > Starting download of /tmp/guix-file.E66CkS
> > From https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.3/Python-3.6.3.tar.xz...
> > ERROR: Wrong type to apply: #<syntax-transformer uri?>
> 
> This looks like a miscompilation issue.
> 
> Did you build Guix from source from a Git checkout, or did you install
> the binary tarball and run ‘guix pull’?

I installed the binary tarball. I've been running 'guix pull' almost
every day for the last week or two.

> We encourage you to submit general-purpose package
> modifications/additions into Guix proper, of course.  To do that, it’s
> probably better to have a Git checkout and make your changes in the Guix
> codebase:
> 
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Contributing.html

Thanks. I know some Scheme, but the Guix API still looks a bit daunting
right now. I'll see what I can do.

Luther