Hello, Florian Paul Schmidt <mista.ta...@gmx.net> writes:
> On 07/25/2016 11:36 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > >>> For those willing to follow my work, a Git repository is available here: >>> >>> https://notabug.org/mthl/cuirass >> >> … and the README has instructions on how to run it. If anyone has spare >> CPU cycles, run Cuirass, ‘guix publish’, and share. :-) > > Sorry, if this mail comes around twice. Thunderbird crashed :( > > Sadly the instructions to build it are a bit unclear. I tried: > > fps@guix ~/cuirass$ guix environment --ad-hoc gcc gcc:lib automake guix > guile > guix environment: warning: ambiguous package specification `guile' > guix environment: warning: choosing guile-2.0.11 from > gnu/packages/guile.scm:131:2 > fps@guix ~/cuirass [env]$ > GUILE_LOAD_PATH=$GUILE_LOAD_PATH:/home/fps/guix/ ./configure > > > > > checking for a BSD-compatible install... > /run/current-system/profile/bin/install -c > checking whether build environment is sane... yes > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... > /run/current-system/profile/bin/mkdir -p > checking for gawk... gawk > checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... no > checking whether make supports nested variables... no > checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) no > checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu > checking for pkg-config... no > checking for GUILE... no > configure: error: in `/home/fps/cuirass': > configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too > old. Make sure it > is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full > path to pkg-config. > > Alternatively, you may set the environment variables GUILE_CFLAGS > and GUILE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config. > See the pkg-config man page for more details. > > To get pkg-config, see <http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/>. > See `config.log' for more details I have tested successfully with the following command on a foreign system: guix environment --ad-hoc automake pkg-config guile guix libgcrypt sqlite guile-sqlite3 Tell me if it works for you. > How about including a guix package definition then we can easily build > it assuming "we" know how to do out-of-guix-tree package building :) It would indeed be nice to provide an easy way for Guix users to install Cuirass. IMHO package definitions meant as a development build tool is confusing and should be avoided. Nonetheless, I think it is useful to document the previous 'guix environment ...' command in the README. Thank you for your feedback. -- Mathieu Lirzin
