From: myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>
To: Eric Bavier <ericbavier@openmailbox.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies?
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2016 15:06:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86wphv269v.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160928074614.4aeee9f2@openmailbox.org> (Eric Bavier's message of "Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:46:14 -0500")
Eric Bavier <ericbavier@openmailbox.org> writes:
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 22:10:31 -0700
> Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au> writes:
>>
>> > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 09:18:30PM -0700, Chris Marusich wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > The manual says ((guix) Building from Git):
>> >
>> > --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:
>> >
>> > guix environment guix
>> > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>> >
>> > After running this command successfully, I get the following error while
>> > running ./bootstrap:
>> >
>> > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> > + exec autoreconf -vfi
>> > ./bootstrap: line 5: exec: autoreconf: not found
>> > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>> >
>> > This makes me wonder: has something changed, and the manual is now
>> > incorrect?
>> >
>> >
>> > I don't think so. Running ./bootstrap is not part of the normal process for *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'
>>
>> That makes sense. I feel like it used to provide all the dependencies,
>> including autoconf etc., but that was months ago, and I might be
>> mis-remembering. It works fine when I add the needed bootstrap
>> dependencies with --ad-hoc.
The conversation above beautifully illustrates how maddening Guix is ...
... and the line below demonstrates it's beauty.
> You can also do
>
> guix environment -e "(@ (gnu packages package-management) guix)"
Someone, please add it to the manual!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-28 19:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-28 4:18 guix environment guix doesn't provide guix dependencies? Chris Marusich
2016-09-28 4:54 ` John Darrington
2016-09-28 5:10 ` Chris Marusich
2016-09-28 12:46 ` Eric Bavier
2016-09-28 19:06 ` myglc2 [this message]
2016-09-30 6:52 ` Chris Marusich
2016-09-28 21:20 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-30 0:46 ` Thompson, David
2016-09-30 6:40 ` Chris Marusich
2016-09-30 12:06 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-30 15:22 ` Chris Marusich
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