Re: Trouble with 'guix download'

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hi Luther,

Luther Thompson <lutheroto@gmail.com> skribis:

> 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.

Somebody else reported the same issue and it should be fixed now:

  https://bugs.gnu.org/29570

Thanks,
Ludo’.