From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ra Subject: Re: [PATCH] doc: Mention "guix pull" during installation. Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 08:09:57 +0000 Message-ID: References: <82b3233597949c866c26628054117ee3@mykolab.ch> <87fulle93t.fsf@openmailbox.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e010d8406b222060543fe72b7 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50279) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cIt1P-0003Qw-Ak for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:10:12 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cIt1O-0006av-1Z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:10:11 -0500 Received: from mail-wj0-x243.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c01::243]:36609) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cIt1N-0006a2-Nk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:10:09 -0500 Received: by mail-wj0-x243.google.com with SMTP id j10so22446983wjb.3 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2016 00:10:09 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87fulle93t.fsf@openmailbox.org> 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: Theodoros Foradis , guix-devel --089e010d8406b222060543fe72b7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi Theodoros, On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 1:12 PM Theodoros Foradis < theodoros.for@openmailbox.org> wrote: > > Petter writes: > > > Hi, > > > > Some new users don't run `guix pull` before installing, and can have a > > less good experience because of this. Proposing a patch to add this to > > the manual. > > > > Thanks, > > Petter > > Just a sidenote here, that I mentioned in #guix irc channel the other > time. I tried to `guix pull` from the 0.11 USB installer, and it would > fail because some package couldn't be substituted, > module-import-compiled if I recall correctly. > > Guix suggested as normal, that `--fallback` flag should be used, which > is a non-accepted flag for `guix pull`. I had to `guix system init > --fallback`, until that package was built, and then `guix pull`. Not > having run `guix pull`, building from source was failing anyway. Last week I tried to follow the manual (binary install with Ubuntu) and use `guix pull` without success, `--fallback` option was there and I had a lot of troubles with [module-import-compiled]( https://gist.github.com/helios/6d13037a7ae7be40f118573545cbccb3) In #guix irc I found valuable helps (cbaines, rekado) and I ended up using the git source git clone --recurse git://git.savannah.gnu.org/guix.git cd guix guix environment --fallback --pure --container -N guix --ad-hoc guile-cairo guile-charting guile-rsvg -- sh -c "make clean; ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make -j4" ln -s ~/guix ~/.config/guix/latest guix package -u maybe the git/source install should be documented as well or at least tested from scratch for newbies such as me. -- Ra --089e010d8406b222060543fe72b7 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Theodoros,

On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 1:12 PM Theodoros Foradis <theodoros.for@openmailbox.org> = wrote:

Petter writes:

> Hi,
>
> Some new users don't run `guix pull` before installing, and can ha= ve a
> less good experience because of this. Proposing a patch to add this to=
> the manual.
>
> Thanks,
> Petter

Just a sidenote here, that I mentioned in #guix irc channel the other
time. I tried to `guix pull` from the 0.11 USB installer, and it would
fail because some package couldn't be substituted,
module-import-compiled if I recall correctly.

Guix suggested as normal, that `--fallback` flag should be used, which
is a non-accepted flag for `guix pull`. I had to `guix system init
--fallback`, until that package was built, and then `guix pull`. Not
having run `guix pull`, building from source was failing anyway.

Last week I tried to follow the manual (binary instal= l with Ubuntu) and use `guix pull` without success, `--fallback` option was= there and I had a lot of troubles with [module-import-compiled](https://g= ist.github.com/helios/6d13037a7ae7be40f118573545cbccb3)
In #g= uix irc I found valuable helps (cbaines, rekado)=C2=A0=C2=A0and I ended up using the git sour= ce


git clone --recurse git://git.savannah.gnu.org/guix.git=
cd g= uix

guix environment --fallback --pure --container -N guix = --ad-hoc guile-cairo guile-charting guile-rsvg --= sh -c "make clean; ./bootstrap && ./configure --= localstatedir=3D/var && make -j4"

ln -s ~/guix ~/.config/guix/latest

guix package -u=

maybe the git/source install should be= documented as well or at least tested from scratch for newbies such as me.=

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