From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Darrington Subject: Re: guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies? Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 06:54:50 +0200 Message-ID: <20160928045450.GA26600@jocasta.intra> References: <87fuokhd2h.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38090) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bp6te-0006Yf-LA for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:55:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bp6tb-0003Ya-Gt for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:55:06 -0400 Received: from de.cellform.com ([88.217.224.109]:56930 helo=jocasta.intra) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bp6tb-0003Pk-91 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2016 00:55:03 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87fuokhd2h.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Chris Marusich Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 09:18:30PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote: Hi, =20 The manual says ((guix) Building from Git): =20 --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- The easiest way to set up a development environment for Guix is, of course, by using Guix! The following command starts a new shell where all the dependencies and appropriate environment variables are set up = to hack on Guix: =20 guix environment guix --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- =20 After running this command successfully, I get the following error whi= le running ./bootstrap: =20 --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- + exec autoreconf -vfi ./bootstrap: line 5: exec: autoreconf: not found --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- =20 This makes me wonder: has something changed, and the manual is now incorrect? =20 I don't think so. Running ./bootstrap is not part of the normal process f= or *building* guix - only for bootstrapping. But you are right - it is common to want to= do that. For this reason I often run: guix environment guix --ad-hoc automake autoconf texinfo help2man But perhaps you are right - the manual might want to mention this. J' --=20 Avoid eavesdropping. Send strong encrypted email. PGP Public key ID: 1024D/2DE827B3=20 fingerprint =3D 8797 A26D 0854 2EAB 0285 A290 8A67 719C 2DE8 27B3 See http://sks-keyservers.net or any PGP keyserver for public key. --VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlfrTRoACgkQimdxnC3oJ7POygCfW9kkrjGIfP4weUNlLKYtZIWy zSkAoIQ6K5rLzxdOlArU/T6PGIsiHoSo =5BDG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VS++wcV0S1rZb1Fb--