I'm attempting to work around Bug 34426 locally, temporarily, until it is fixed. From Björn's comment, it seemed that the inferiors feature could get xmlsec functional again.
I attempted this to include this file in GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH: ``` ;;; per https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34426 ;;; refer to older gnutls in xmlsec build and gnucash should pick it up (define-module (my-gnucash) #:use-module (guix inferior) #:use-module (guix channels) #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)) (define channels (list (channel (name 'guix) (url "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git";) (commit "cc2e0566be1c2fa632fc3cc4e6cf705c665aa0d2")))) (define inferior (inferior-for-channels channels)) (define-public gnutls-works (first (lookup-inferior-packages inferior "gnutls"))) (define-public xmlsec (package (name "xmlsec") (version "1.2.27") (source (origin (method url-fetch) (uri (string-append "https://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/download/"; "xmlsec1-" version ".tar.gz")) (sha256 (base32 "1dlf263mvxj9n4lnhhjawc2hv45agrwjf8kxk7k8h9g9v2x5dmwp")))) (build-system gnu-build-system) (propagated-inputs ; according to xmlsec1.pc `(("libxml2" ,libxml2) ("libxslt" ,libxslt))) (inputs `(("gnutls" ,gnutls-works) ("libgcrypt" ,libgcrypt) ("libltdl" ,libltdl))) (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config))) (home-page "https://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/";) (synopsis "XML Security Library") (description "The XML Security Library is a C library based on Libxml2. It supports XML security standards such as XML Signature, XML Encryption, Canonical XML (part of Libxml2) and Exclusive Canonical XML (part of Libxml2).") (license (license:x11-style "file://COPYING" "See 'COPYING' in the distribution.")))) ``` I then executed a guix pull but needed to break it, due to massive RAM usage. ``` Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at ' https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'... Building from this channel: guix https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git 2b613a1 ;;; note: source file /home/mflack/src/guix/fixes/my-gnucash.scm ;;; newer than compiled /home/mflack/.cache/guile/ccache/2.2-LE-8-3.A/home/mflack/src/guix/fixes/my-gnucash.scm.go Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at ' https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'... ^C ``` A ps command showed things were going recursively out of hand: ``` PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND ... 13012 pts/1 Ss 0:00 \_ -zsh 13173 pts/1 Sl+ 0:01 | \_ /gnu/store/r658y3cgpnf99nxjxqgjiaizx20ac4k0-guile-2.2.4/bin/guile --no-auto-compile /gnu/store/b4khxdizs6d865mrplbjvr22dz86mra3-profile/bin/guix pull 13187 pts/1 Sl+ 0:00 | \_ /gnu/store/r658y3cgpnf99nxjxqgjiaizx20ac4k0-guile-2.2.4/bin/guile --no-auto-compile /home/mflack/.cache/guix/inferiors/spq524ihiy7puxwygqgkxc5x5cxigodu4tl7zbwdznu6osps5g7a/bin/guix repl -t machine 13204 pts/1 Sl+ 0:00 | \_ /gnu/store/r658y3cgpnf99nxjxqgjiaizx20ac4k0-guile-2.2.4/bin/guile --no-auto-compile /home/mflack/.cache/guix/inferiors/spq524ihiy7puxwygqgkxc5x5cxigodu4tl7zbwdznu6osps5g7a/bin/guix repl -t machine 13214 pts/1 Sl+ 0:00 | \_ /gnu/store/r658y3cgpnf99nxjxqgjiaizx20ac4k0-guile-2.2.4/bin/guile --no-auto-compile /home/mflack/.cache/guix/inferiors/spq524ihiy7puxwygqgkxc5x5cxigodu4tl7zbwdznu6osps5g7a/bin/guix repl -t machine [... 593 further nesting lines ending in repl -t machine ...] ``` ``` $ guix --version guix (GNU Guix) 2b613a1a5d4d41b0b5d1f6ea7254585be0c209fa Copyright (C) 2019 the Guix authors License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html > This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. ``` Thanks! -- Martin
