From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mikadoZero Subject: Re: 14.1 Building from Git Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:16:05 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87r2b4tryd.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46290) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h5xkO-0006Fs-Er for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:16:33 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h5xkM-0007I1-V4 for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:16:32 -0400 Received: from forward103o.mail.yandex.net ([37.140.190.177]:55096) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h5xkL-0007Gd-C2 for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:16:30 -0400 In-reply-to: <87r2b4tryd.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Giovanni Biscuolo Cc: Help Guix Thanks for your help. Giovanni Biscuolo writes: > Hi mikadoZero, > > mikadoZero writes: > >> I am trying to follow the instruction in the Contributing section of the >> manual, as I want to submit some patches. Following "14.1 Building from >> Git" I am getting an error when running `./bootstrap`. > > I'm also learning to build from git but I never had such problems with > ./bootstrap > > I'll try to reproduce your bug... > >> `guix describe` >> guix 19c0cdb >> repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git >> branch: master >> commit: 19c0cdb9e6271956015232421ef7f63a1ad001ae > > AFAIU it does not matter what Guix version is in your user profile since > following "7.2 Running Guix Before It Is Installed" you will =C2=ABtest t= he > changes made in your local source tree checkout without actually > installing them. So that you can distinguish between your =E2=80=9Cend-us= er=E2=80=9D hat > and your =E2=80=9Cmotley=E2=80=9D costume.=C2=BB > > so in this case is useful to show your "git describe" and not "guix > describe": > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > giovanni@anemone: git describe > v0.16.0-3520-gc0d43f6223 > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > AFAIU that means: version 0.16.0 and 3520th commit, current commit > "c0d43f6223" (I miss the meaning of g before c0d43f6223) > > that is: my =E2=80=9Cmotley=E2=80=9D costume will use c0d43f6223 for deve= lopment > > compare it with my current guix version (used by my end-user costume): > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > Generation 5 Mar 16 2019 13:09:52 (current) > guix 703a095 > repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git > branch: master > commit: 703a095e7ec3c8247deb527f027615e5e34fe753 > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > `git describe` v0.16.0-3578-gfa5a25386 >> Here is what I am doing that leads to the error. >> >> `git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git` >> >> `cd guix` >> >> `guix environment guix` >> >> Then I run `./bootstrap` and it gives me this error output: > > I did it again (it's the third time I run ./bootstrap in my dev > environment) and it succeeded with no errors > Did get `./bootstrap` to work thanks to Ricardo Wurmus's suggestion to remo= ve environment variables from my .zshrc. But I am not getting an error with configure. Details are in my reply to Ricardo's message. > [...] > >> configure.ac:88: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CHECK_MODULES >> If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_all= ow. >> See the Autoconf documentation. > > this error is documented in "7.1 Building from Git" (where did you get > 14.1 numbering in the subject?) and the solution is described there also > I am reading the manual in Emacs's info reader and that is the number that it gives that section of the manual. > anyway I don't understand why this happens in a "environment guix" > > I'm in this environment > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > giovanni@anemone: env | grep GUIX_ENV > GUIX_ENVIRONMENT=3D/gnu/store/kjmqpchkfy8rvv19jvd14q40shm9fk2p-profile > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > in this environment ACLOCAL_PATH is defined as > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > giovanni@anemone: env | grep AC > ACLOCAL_PATH=3D/gnu/store/kjmqpchkfy8rvv19jvd14q40shm9fk2p-profile/share/= aclocal > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > AFAIU in "environment guix" all needed devel tools should be installed > and related evironment variables set up > > are you sure you are running "./bootstrap" in the environment? > In my reply to Ricardo's message I have included the output of `printenv`. > [...] > > HTH! > Gio > > [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Building-from-G= it.html#Building-from-Git