bug#55596: subversion segfaul on `guix import texlive`

bug#55596: subversion segfaul on `guix import texlive`

[Jack Hill]

Hi Guix,

With Guix commit 4ba4cb1d49d70a00f7236f60bd92e5eccef573dd on Linux x86-64, 
I have the following problem trying to import a texlive package:

"""
$ guix import texlive qrcode
command "svn" "export" "--non-interactive" "--trust-server-cert" "-r" "59745" "svn://www.tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2021.3/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/qrcode/" "/tmp/guix-directory.6aY7Gk/doc/latex/qrcode/" failed with signal 11
guix import: error: failed to import package 'qrcode'
"""

It seems something is unwell with our subversion package?

Best,
Jack

bug#55596: subversion segfaul on `guix import texlive`

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

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Jack Hill 写道：
> """
> $ guix import texlive qrcode
> command "svn" "export" "--non-interactive" "--trust-server-cert" 
> "-r"
> "59745"
> "svn://www.tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2021.3/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/qrcode/"
> "/tmp/guix-directory.6aY7Gk/doc/latex/qrcode/" failed with 
> signal 11
> guix import: error: failed to import package 'qrcode'
> """
>
> It seems something is unwell with our subversion package?

I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner, but I ran that svn 
command by hand (only replacing the output directory, say 
/tmp/foo) and… it ran fine.

So I checked my dmesg and it's actually Guix that's getting 
killed:

[146565.315921] guix[1767]: segfault at c0 ip 000076c46ae99e70 sp 
00007fffcbe9cb30 error 4 cpu 5 in 
libc-2.33.so[76c46ae57000+141000]
[146565.315937] Code: 56 41 55 41 54 55 48 89 fd 53 48 81 ec f8 04 
00 00 48 8b 05 ea 1f 15 00 48 89 34 24 89 4c 24 48 64 8b 00 89 84 
24 80 00 00 00 <8b> 87 c0 00 00 00 85 c0 0f 85 4a 02 00 00 c7 87 
c0 00 00 00 ff ff

Kind regards,

T G-R

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bug#55596: Guix/Guile segfaults on `guix import texlive`

[Akira Kyle]

Hi,

> I don’t think so; the error message that was reported is:
> 
>   command "svn" "export" "--non-interactive" "--trust-server-cert" "-r" "59745" "svn://www.tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2021.3/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/cite/" "/tmp/guix-directory.09UnsN/doc/latex/cite/" failed with signal 11
> 
> It’s a message from ‘report-invoke-error’ in (guix build utils).  It’s
> really svn that’s segfaulting.

I recently encountered this issue and did some digging. I don't think svn is actually segfaulting, just that the command svn doesn't exist so when 'system*' is called inside 'invoke' in (guix build utils) it for some reason gives signal 11.

On a recent guix system, I can reproduce this error by running 'guix import texlive' when inside 'guix shell guix --pure'. However there is no error when inside 'guix shell guix subversion --pure'. I think this is ultimately due to 'download-multi-svn-to-store' (and 'download-svn-to-store' but the texlive importer only calls the former) not setting '#:svn-command' when it calls 'build:svn-fetch' so it uses the default argument of 'svn' rather than trying to explicitly use an svn from the store.

Unfortunately my guile and gexp knowledge is quite lacking so I'm not sure that I have the know-how to create a patch to fix this, however hopefully this is enough for someone else to easily fix this issue.

Thanks,
Akira

bug#55587: `guix import texlive PKG` fails with signal 11, no output

[Hugo Nobrega]

Hello,

The guix 'texlive' package importer is not working with any package, as
far as I can tell. It does *some* legwork, managing to figure out the
correct URI of the package, but then errors out with signal 11.

Having had a look at previous bug reports, it seems this "signal 11"
thing is not new (e.g., bug#28303), but in any case I am not seeing any
output after the error (unlike what seemed to be happening in bug#28303)

Example:

hugo@hp-guix ~$ guix import texlive cite
command "svn" "export" "--non-interactive" "--trust-server-cert" "-r"
"59745"
"svn://www.tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2021.3/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/cite/"
"/tmp/guix-directory.09UnsN/doc/latex/cite/" failed with signal 11 guix
import: error: failed to import package 'cite'

Best regards,
Hugo

bug#55596: Guix/Guile segfaults on `guix import texlive`

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Hugo Nobrega <hugonobrega@ic.ufrj.br> skribis:

> hugo@hp-guix ~$ guix import texlive cite
> command "svn" "export" "--non-interactive" "--trust-server-cert" "-r"
> "59745"
> "svn://www.tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2021.3/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/cite/"
> "/tmp/guix-directory.09UnsN/doc/latex/cite/" failed with signal 11 guix
> import: error: failed to import package 'cite'

Jack Hill <jackhill@jackhill.us> skribis:

> With Guix commit 4ba4cb1d49d70a00f7236f60bd92e5eccef573dd on Linux
> x86-64, I have the following problem trying to import a texlive
> package:
>
> """
> $ guix import texlive qrcode
> command "svn" "export" "--non-interactive" "--trust-server-cert" "-r" "59745" "svn://www.tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2021.3/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/qrcode/" "/tmp/guix-directory.6aY7Gk/doc/latex/qrcode/" failed with signal 11
> guix import: error: failed to import package 'qrcode'
> """
>
> It seems something is unwell with our subversion package?

Works for me on x86_64-linux!

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$ guix describe
Generation 215	May 22 2022 23:16:03	(current)
  guix 81f7bb1
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 81f7bb1691dc9dc69fc6e584ad8c6e36e495c103
$ guix shell subversion -- guix import texlive qrcode
A    /tmp/guix-directory.rXo6NK/doc/latex/qrcode
A    /tmp/guix-directory.rXo6NK/doc/latex/qrcode/README
A    /tmp/guix-directory.rXo6NK/doc/latex/qrcode/qrcode.pdf
Exported revision 59745.
A    /tmp/guix-directory.rXo6NK/source/latex/qrcode
A    /tmp/guix-directory.rXo6NK/source/latex/qrcode/qrcode.dtx
A    /tmp/guix-directory.rXo6NK/source/latex/qrcode/qrcode.ins
Exported revision 59745.
A    /tmp/guix-directory.rXo6NK/tex/latex/qrcode
A    /tmp/guix-directory.rXo6NK/tex/latex/qrcode/qrcode.sty
Exported revision 59745.
(package
  (inherit
    (simple-texlive-package
      "texlive-qrcode"
      (list "doc/latex/qrcode/" "source/latex/qrcode/" "tex/latex/qrcode/")
      (base32 "197v18lsvb90i07gxvc6mrmn1z63q8v0wvcnbk8dnn3hhabpn16y")))
  (home-page "https://ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/qrcode")
  (synopsis "Generate QR codes in LaTeX")
  (description
    "The package generates QR (Quick Response) codes in LaTeX, without the need for
PSTricks or any other graphical package.")
  (license lppl1.3+))
$ guix shell subversion -- guix import texlive cite
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/doc/latex/cite
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/doc/latex/cite/README
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/doc/latex/cite/chapterbib.ltx
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/doc/latex/cite/chapterbib.pdf
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/doc/latex/cite/cite.ltx
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/doc/latex/cite/cite.pdf
Exported revision 59745.
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/tex/latex/cite
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/tex/latex/cite/chapterbib.sty
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/tex/latex/cite/cite.sty
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/tex/latex/cite/drftcite.sty
A    /tmp/guix-directory.GpxhKw/tex/latex/cite/overcite.sty
Exported revision 59745.
(package
  (inherit
    (simple-texlive-package
      "texlive-cite"
      (list "doc/latex/cite/" "tex/latex/cite/")
      (base32 "0b1amznayxj80dmqbzcysmj7q8aksbyz98k6djsqi0mhwp1cd0fd")
      #:trivial?
      #t))
  (home-page "https://ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/cite")
  (synopsis "Improved citation handling in LaTeX")
  (description
    "The package supports compressed, sorted lists of numerical citations, and also
deals with various punctuation and other issues of representation, including
comprehensive management of break points.  The package is compatible with both
hyperref and backref.  The package is (unsurprisingly) part of the cite bundle
of the author's citation-related packages.")
  (license (error unknown-license "other-free")))
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Jack, Hugo: What does “type -P svn” say?

Does the bug occur within ‘guix shell subversion’ as shown above?

TIA,
Ludo’.

bug#55596: Guix/Guile segfaults on `guix import texlive`

[Hugo]

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Jack, Hugo: What does “type -P svn” say?
>
> Does the bug occur within ‘guix shell subversion’ as shown above?

Well, I feel kind of silly now, after actually installing subversion the
command works as expected :)

But I suppose the silent failure is still something that could/should be
improved.

Thanks,
Hugo

bug#55596: bug#55587: bug#55596: Guix/Guile segfaults on `guix import texlive`

[Jack Hill]

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On Wed, 25 May 2022, Hugo wrote:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Jack, Hugo: What does “type -P svn” say?
>>
>> Does the bug occur within ‘guix shell subversion’ as shown above?
>
> Well, I feel kind of silly now, after actually installing subversion the
> command works as expected :)

Same for me, and I feel equally silly :)

> But I suppose the silent failure is still something that could/should be
> improved.

+1 for this. Maybe some day we'll have have guile-svn, but until then an 
error message would be fine.

Best,
Jack

bug#55587: bug#55596: Guix/Guile segfaults on `guix import texlive`

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Jack Hill <jackhill@jackhill.us> skribis:

> On Wed, 25 May 2022, Hugo wrote:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> Jack, Hugo: What does “type -P svn” say?
>>>
>>> Does the bug occur within ‘guix shell subversion’ as shown above?
>>
>> Well, I feel kind of silly now, after actually installing subversion the
>> command works as expected :)
>
> Same for me, and I feel equally silly :)

You mentioned an error report from Guix:

  command "svn" "export" "--non-interactive" "--trust-server-cert" "-r" "59745" "svn://www.tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2021.3/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/cite/" "/tmp/guix-directory.09UnsN/doc/latex/cite/" failed with signal 11

To me that means that an “svn” command was indeed found in $PATH but
that it segfaulted.

What did “type -P svn” return?  Perhaps there was an “svn” command
coming from the host distro, like /usr/bin/svn?

Or am I missing something?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

bug#55587: bug#55596: Guix/Guile segfaults on `guix import texlive`

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix]

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Hi,

I thought I'd replied to this.

I think you might be barking up the wrong tree (or, likely, that 
there are multiple trees here).  I could reproduce the segfault on 
Guix System and encouraged Jack to file this bug.

It's not foreign-distro-related.  The process actually segfaulting 
is Guix, not svn, possibly due to a missing svn.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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bug#55596: Guix/Guile segfaults on `guix import texlive`

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> skribis:

> I think you might be barking up the wrong tree (or, likely, that there
> are multiple trees here).  I could reproduce the segfault on Guix
> System and encouraged Jack to file this bug.
>
> It's not foreign-distro-related.  The process actually segfaulting is
> Guix, not svn, possibly due to a missing svn.

I don’t think so; the error message that was reported is:

  command "svn" "export" "--non-interactive" "--trust-server-cert" "-r" "59745" "svn://www.tug.org/texlive/tags/texlive-2021.3/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/cite/" "/tmp/guix-directory.09UnsN/doc/latex/cite/" failed with signal 11

It’s a message from ‘report-invoke-error’ in (guix build utils).  It’s
really svn that’s segfaulting.

Should we close and reopen if/when we have more info?

Thanks,
Ludo’.