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Subject: Re: install: invalid user =?utf-8?B?4oCYcm9vdOKAmQ==?=
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 11:56:20 +0200
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To: Dmitry Nikolaev <cameltheman@gmail.com>
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Hi,

Dmitry Nikolaev <cameltheman@gmail.com> skribis:

> Hi. I'm trying to build Xawtv in GuixSD to use my webcamera during
> screencasts. I wrote package defintion for xawtv, it passes configuration
> and build phases, but fails on install phase with error:
>
> /gnu/store/6908gy3pws0ccys49ni98idwnicchlr2-coreutils-8.26/bin/install:
> invalid user =E2=80=98root=E2=80=99
>
> What do I need to do to avoid this error?

Most likely the makefile does =E2=80=9Cinstall -o root =E2=80=A6=E2=80=9D, =
but there=E2=80=99s no =E2=80=9Croot=E2=80=9D
user in the build environment.

To work around this, simply remove that =E2=80=9C-o root=E2=80=9D from the =
makefile,
along these lines:

  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/hurd.scm#n265

HTH,
Ludo=E2=80=99.