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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: Profile symlink error w. python
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 22:52:40 +0100
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Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:

> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 09:20:40AM +0100, Pjotr Prins wrote:
>> I am hitting this problem:
>>=20
>> guix$ ./pre-inst-env guix package -i python-2.7.10
>> The following package will be installed:
>>    python       2.7.10  /gnu/store/4bs4mx6xyx0jx9827vmmbxyhjln7cmcv-pyth=
on-2.7.10
>>=20
>> (...)
>>=20
>>      ?: 4 [hash-for-each #<procedure 155d9f0 at ./guix/build/union.scm:1=
41:21 (file dirs-with-file)> ...]
>>   In ./guix/build/union.scm:
>>    108: 3 [union "/gnu/store/251b1fh9rsmfzry523xi4fb7w4j7x2af-profile/sh=
are/man/man1/python.1" ...]
>>   In unknown file:
>>      ?: 2 [partition #<procedure file-is-directory? (file)> #]
>>   In ./guix/build/union.scm:
>>     49: 1 [file-is-directory? "/gnu/store/4bs4mx6xyx0jx9827vmmbxyhjln7cm=
cv-python-2.7.10/share/man/man1/python.1"]
>>   In unknown file:
>>      ?: 0 [stat "/gnu/store/4bs4mx6xyx0jx9827vmmbxyhjln7cmcv-python-2.7.=
10/share/man/man1/python.1" ...]
>>=20
>>   ERROR: In procedure stat:
>>   ERROR: In procedure stat: No such file or directory: "/gnu/store/4bs4m=
x6xyx0jx9827vmmbxyhjln7cmcv-python-2.7.10/share/man/man1/python.1"
>>   builder for `/gnu/store/m3lfvp9sby8yx9i7np0wv16i7kj7bc51-profile.drv' =
failed with exit code 1
>>   guix package: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/m3lfvp9sby8yx9=
i7np0wv16i7kj7bc51-profile.drv' failed
>>=20
>> the symlink points to a symlink:
>>=20
>> ls -l /gnu/store/4bs4mx6xyx0jx9827vmmbxyhjln7cmcv-python-2.7.10/share/ma=
n/man1/*
>> lrwxrwxrwx 6 kranz root   12 Jan  1  1970 /gnu/store/4bs4mx6xyx0jx9827vm=
mbxyhjln7cmcv-python-2.7.10/share/man/man1/python.1 -> python2.1.gz
>> lrwxrwxrwx 6 kranz root   14 Jan  1  1970 /gnu/store/4bs4mx6xyx0jx9827vm=
mbxyhjln7cmcv-python-2.7.10/share/man/man1/python2.1 -> python2.7.1.gz
>> -r--r--r-- 6 kranz root 5620 Jan  1  1970 /gnu/store/4bs4mx6xyx0jx9827vm=
mbxyhjln7cmcv-python-2.7.10/share/man/man1/python2.7.1.gz
>
> It looks like python.1 points to a non-existent file (python2.1.gz
> instead of python2.1).

Indeed, we should fix it.

I can=E2=80=99t reproduce the profile creation bug though.  For instance,

  guix package -p foo -i python-2.7.10 idutils

works fine.

Pjotr, do you think you could find the package combination that triggers
this bug?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.