bug#47064: DrRacket internal error uncompressing

bug#47064: DrRacket internal error uncompressing

[Jack Hill]

Hi Guix,

Using guix 80739ea480a7db667b83b45e3a08be740449f689 on x86_64, running:

`guix environment --ad-hoc racket -- drracket` produces:

```
$bytevector-uncompress: internal error uncompressing #"\0\0\0\0chez\310\224\206:\r()#\201\256R-d\205\233\24\363\5\20\201P\6A\v\300\0\16\f\6\31\2\f\6\f&H\275\0\1\0\362\bA\377e\0\1\0C\6A\21\3\v\300\0\201\265!\f\6\n\0\a\1\35\0\1+\0\360\27\201\375\300\0\0\0\17\205\210Z\0\0M\215\245\b\4\0\0M9fH\17\206fZ\0\0I\2...
   context...:
    body of "/gnu/store/mmrax3f1vx3c8ih9hhgffpvka6chk96w-racket-8.0/share/racket/pkgs/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/gtk/utils.rkt"
    body of "/gnu/store/mmrax3f1vx3c8ih9hhgffpvka6chk96w-racket-8.0/share/racket/pkgs/gui-lib/mred/private/wx/platform.rkt"
```

However, `guix time-machine --commit=b1248016e0492e1897f4d1127ccb07736c9bb6a5 -- environment --ad-hoc racket -- drracket`

successfully opens drracket. b1248016e0492e1897f4d1127ccb07736c9bb6a5 is 
the commit before the Racket 8.0 update, so I think the update introduced 
the problem. Other Racket GUI programs like slideshow and gracket also 
also exhibit the problem. The command line REPL works however.

I have not investigated to determine if the problem is specific to the GUI 
packages or if loading other extra Racket packages would also exhibit the 
problem.

Best,
Jack

bug#47064: DrRacket internal error uncompressing

[Jack Hill]

I wrote to the racket-users [0] list to see if they have advice on what 
could be causing this problem.

[0] https://www.mail-archive.com/racket-users@googlegroups.com/msg46066.html

Best,
Jack

bug#47064: FYI: DrRacket problem

[Jack Hill]

Philip,

Thanks for the work you've been doing on improving our Racket package. I 
wanted to make sure you were aware of the failure of DrRacket and other 
graphical Racket components to load in the latest Racket package.

https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47064

Best,
Jack

bug#47064: FYI: DrRacket problem

[Malte Gerdes]

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Hi,

I do not have problems with racket on a foreign distro. On guix system I
experience the same error.

Malte

On Mon, 15 Mar 2021, 22:06 Jack Hill, <jackhill@jackhill.us> wrote:

> Philip,
>
> Thanks for the work you've been doing on improving our Racket package. I
> wanted to make sure you were aware of the failure of DrRacket and other
> graphical Racket components to load in the latest Racket package.
>
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47064
>
> Best,
> Jack
>
>
>
>

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