install: invalid user ‘root’

install: invalid user ‘root’

[Dmitry Nikolaev]

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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 ‘root’

What do I need to do to avoid this error?


Here is xawtv.scm that I wrote:

(define-module (xawtv)
  #:use-module (guix licenses)
  #:use-module (gnu packages)
  #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
  #:use-module (gnu packages image)
  #:use-module (gnu packages video)
  #:use-module (gnu packages base)
  #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
  #:use-module (gnu packages xorg)
  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
  #:use-module (gnu packages fontutils)
  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
  #:use-module (guix packages)
  #:use-module (guix download)
  #:use-module (guix gexp))

(define-public xawtv
  (package
   (name "xawtv")
   (version "3.103")
   (source (origin
            (method url-fetch)
            (uri (string-append "https://linuxtv.org/downloads/xawtv/xawtv-"
                                version ".tar.bz2"))
            (sha256
             (base32
              "0lnxr3xip80g0rz7h6n14n9d1qy0cm56h0g1hsyr982rbldskwrc"))))
   (build-system gnu-build-system)
   (inputs
    `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
      ("libjpeg", libjpeg)
      ("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
      ("v4l-utils" ,v4l-utils)
      ("glibc" ,glibc)
      ("libx11" ,libx11)
      ("libxt" ,libxt)
      ("libxaw" ,libxaw)
      ("libxmu" ,libxmu)
      ("libxpm" ,libxpm)
      ("libxext" ,libxext)
      ("libxv" ,libxv)
      ("perl" ,perl)
      ("fontconfig" ,fontconfig)))
   (arguments
     `(#:tests? #f))  ;no check target

(synopsis "Watch television at the PC")
   (description "Watch television or webcam at the PC")
   (home-page "https://linuxtv.org/")
   (license gpl2)))

Dmitry Nikolaev

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Re: install: invalid user ‘root’

[Ludovic Courtès]

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 ‘root’
>
> What do I need to do to avoid this error?

Most likely the makefile does “install -o root …”, but there’s no “root”
user in the build environment.

To work around this, simply remove that “-o root” from the makefile,
along these lines:

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

HTH,
Ludo’.

Re: install: invalid user ‘root’

[Alex Kost]

Dmitry Nikolaev (2017-08-21 23:28 +0300) wrote:

> 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 ‘root’
>
> What do I need to do to avoid this error?
>
>
> Here is xawtv.scm that I wrote:
>
> (define-module (xawtv)

Hi, if you are willing to add 'xawtv' package to Guix, (gnu packages tv)
module will be appropriate for it.

-- 
Alex