Timothy Sample <samp...@ngyro.com> writes:
> Hi Eric,
>
> Eric Bavier <ericbav...@centurylink.net> writes:
>
>> On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 23:45:04 -0500
>> Timothy Sample <samp...@ngyro.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I just tried to build Guix from source and got an error:
>>>
>>> ERROR: no code for module (json)
>>>
>>> It looks like the new “swh.scm” module (which is really cool!) makes
>>> Guile-JSON a required dependency. I’m not sure if this is intentional.
>>> If it is, the “Requirements” section of the manual needs an update.
>>
>> Yes, we decided to make it a hard requirement. I'm working on a patch
>> to follow through.
I believe I created such a patch.
>From 2d860d1889b6c4bafe3d605ee47f9c93c3e91091 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joshua Branson <jbra...@fastmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 08:36:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adding guile-json as a required dependency for swh.scm. I
also alphabetized the requirements.
---
doc/guix.texi | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi
index fff5dfe0b..e651c3617 100644
--- a/doc/guix.texi
+++ b/doc/guix.texi
@@ -643,15 +643,17 @@ later, including 2.2.x;
@item @url{https://notabug.org/cwebber/guile-gcrypt, Guile-Gcrypt}, version
0.1.0 or later;
@item
-@uref{http://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS}, specifically its Guile bindings
-(@pxref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for
-Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile});
+@c FIXME: Specify a version number once a release has been made.
+@uref{https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git, Guile-Git}, from August
+@item @url{https://github.com/aconchillo/guile-json, Guile-JSON}, version
+1.2.0 or later;
@item
@uref{https://notabug.org/guile-sqlite3/guile-sqlite3, Guile-SQLite3}, version 0.1.0
or later;
@item
-@c FIXME: Specify a version number once a release has been made.
-@uref{https://gitlab.com/guile-git/guile-git, Guile-Git}, from August
+@uref{http://gnutls.org/, GnuTLS}, specifically its Guile bindings
+(@pxref{Guile Preparations, how to install the GnuTLS bindings for
+Guile,, gnutls-guile, GnuTLS-Guile});
2017 or later;
@item @url{http://zlib.net, zlib};
@item @url{http://www.gnu.org/software/make/, GNU Make}.
--
2.19.2
>
> That’s good to know. Thanks very much for your work. :)
>
>> `~Eric
>
> -- Tim
