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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: Trouble with 'guix download'
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2017 11:33:17 +0100
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To: Luther Thompson <lutheroto@gmail.com>
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Hi Luther,

Luther Thompson <lutheroto@gmail.com> skribis:

> On Mon, 2017-12-04 at 11:36 +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
>> Hello,
>>=20
>> Luther Thompson <lutheroto@gmail.com> skribis:
>>=20
>> > 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.t=
ar.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?>
>>=20
>> This looks like a miscompilation issue.
>>=20
>> Did you build Guix from source from a Git checkout, or did you install
>> the binary tarball and run =E2=80=98guix pull=E2=80=99?
>
> 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=E2=80=99.