Re: Strange error when adding module gnu/packages/engineering

[Csepp <raingloom@riseup.net>]

Reza Housseini <reza.housseini@gmail.com> writes:

> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> Hello Guixers
>
> I'm in the process of adding a package to guix. When starting the
> build with ./pre-inst-env guix build openfoam-org I get the error:
>
> error: tcc: unbound variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
>
> error: googletest: unbound variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
>
> error: bzip2: unbound variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
>
> error: binutils: unbound variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
>
> error: gcc-4.9: unbound variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
>
> error: gnutls: unbound variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
>
> error: xz: unbound variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
>
> error: gnu-make: unbound variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
>
> error: binutils: unbound variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
>
> error: ffmpeg-5: unbound variable
> hint: Did you forget a `use-modules' form?
>
> Throw to key `unbound-variable' with args `("resolve-interface" "no
> binding `~A' in module ~A" (shared-mime-info (gnu packages gnome))
> #f)'.
> Backtrace:
> In guix/store.scm:
>    661:37 19 (thunk)
>    1300:8 18 (call-with-build-handler #<procedure 7f6461f32f90 at g…> …)
> In guix/scripts/build.scm:
>     587:2 17 (_)
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>    673:15 16 (append-map _ _ . _)
>    586:17 15 (map1 ((argument . "openfoam-org") (build-mode . 0) # …))
> In guix/scripts/build.scm:
>    607:31 14 (_ _)
> In gnu/packages.scm:
>     479:2 13 (%find-package "openfoam-org" "openfoam-org" #f)
>     364:6 12 (find-best-packages-by-name _ _)
>    294:56 11 (_ "openfoam-org" _)
> In unknown file:
>           10 (force #<promise #<procedure 7f646440e7e0 at gnu/packag…>)
> In gnu/packages.scm:
>    241:33  9 (fold-packages #<procedure 7f6460c77528 at gnu/package…> …)
> In guix/discovery.scm:
>    159:11  8 (all-modules _ #:warn _)
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>    460:18  7 (fold #<procedure 7f6464472880 at guix/discovery.scm:1…> …)
> In guix/discovery.scm:
>    149:19  6 (_ _ ())
>     116:5  5 (scheme-modules _ _ #:warn _)
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>    691:23  4 (filter-map #<procedure 7f6464472720 at guix/discove…> . #)
> In guix/discovery.scm:
>    124:24  3 (_ . _)
> In guix/ui.scm:
>     321:2  2 (report-unbound-variable-error _ #:frame _)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   1685:16  1 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)
>   1685:16  0 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)
>
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
> Throw to key `match-error' with args `("match" "no matching pattern"
> (unbound-variable "resolve-interface" "no binding `~A' in module ~A"
> (shared-mime-info (gnu packages gnome)) #f))'.
>
> when removing the module gnu/packages/engineering.scm from the
> use-modules list the error disappears but I can't obviously not build
> the package without this dependency (cgns).
>
> The package builds fine otherwise (inside another channel).
>
> What I am doing wrong here?
>
> Cheers,
> Reza

Just to rule out the obvious things:
did you perform a clean rebuild?
ie.: make clean, or git clean -fxd, the bootstrap, configure, make

Also could you send the patch containing your additions?

My guess is that the Guix feature that auto-suggests what module to
import when there is an unbound variable error is matching the list
caught from the exception but its patterns don't cover it.  Maybe it has
an extra element or something?

Also, getting the commit from git that yours builds on might be helpful.