Re: Issues building older versions of Guix

[Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>]

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Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> skribis:
>
>> ERROR: In procedure getaddrinfo:
>> In procedure getaddrinfo: Servname not supported for ai_socktype
>> downloading file `gnu/packages/bootstrap/aarch64-linux/guile-2.0.14.tar.xz'
>> from `http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/bootstrap/aarch64-linux/20170217/guile-2.0.14.tar.xz'...
>>
>> Some deprecated features have been used.  Set the environment
>> variable GUILE_WARN_DEPRECATED to "detailed" and rerun the
>> program to get more information.  Set it to "no" to suppress
>> this message.
>> make[2]: *** [Makefile:5332: gnu/packages/bootstrap/aarch64-linux/guile-2.0.14.tar.xz] Error 1
>> make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>
> The pre-core-updates Guix needed the Guile bootstrap tarballs in its
> build tree.
>
> However, commit 59127916556d75554de52910ccd1565e17b7b127 removed those
> tarballs from the inputs of the ‘guix’ package because they are no
> longer needed (see 4f024ef3181c5235ff11789e8c8f62722f974787).
>
> The solution for you is to reinstate those inputs when you’re building
> older ‘guix’ packages.

Ah, I did try and check for changes in the guix package in Guix, but I
obviously missed these changes.

Thanks for the tips. Now that I know the issue, I might just update the
version of Guix I'm trying to build.

Thanks again,

Chris

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