On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 10:57:08AM -0700, Trev wrote: > > Hello Guix! > > I am in the weeds while trying to properly build "nimble", the package > manager that is included with the nim programming language. The current > guix package (gnu/packages/nim) completely misses this build step. I > wonder if previous contributors also struggled with this. > > For some context I am attempting to directly replicate these steps from > https://nim-lang.org/install_unix.html: > > #+BEGIN_QUOTE > sh build.sh > bin/nim c koch > ./koch boot -d:release > ./koch tools > #+END_QUOTE > > My (and the current package record) can build the nim binary using gcc, no > problem. However when we get to the part where nim builds its own features > with the compiled compiler, something seems to be trying to call =/bin/sh= > directly, despite hard-coded references to that process having been been > substituted out. > > I have submitted a ticket with Nim here just so that I may ask some > thoughtful questions. That conversation is here: > https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/19976 > > The error output is: > > #+BEGIN_SRC sh > c_code/2_2/stdlib_browsers.nim.o c_code/2_2/@mnim.nim.o -ldl -lm -lrt > : SUCCESS > Hint: used config file > '/tmp/guix-build-nim-1.6.6.drv-0/nim-1.6.6/config/nim.cfg' [Conf] > Hint: used config file > '/tmp/guix-build-nim-1.6.6.drv-0/nim-1.6.6/config/config.nims' [Conf] > ...................................................................................................................... > CC: stdlib_digitsutils.nim > Error: invocation of external compiler program failed. No such file or > directory > Additional info: Could not find command: '/bin/sh'. OS error: No such file or > directory 2 > error: in phase 'build': uncaught exception: > %exception #<&invoke-error program: "./bin/nim" arguments: ("c" "koch") > exit-status: 1 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f> > phase `build' failed after 96.6 seconds > command "./bin/nim" "c" "koch" failed with status 1 > #+END_SRC > > My current attempt at packaging this looks like this: > > #+BEGIN_SRC scheme > (define-module (gnu packages nim) > #:use-module (guix build-system gnu) > #:use-module (guix gexp) > #:use-module (guix download) > #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:) > #:use-module (guix packages) > #:use-module (gnu packages pcre) > #:use-module (gnu packages tls) > #:use-module (gnu packages cmake)) > > (define-public nim > (package > (name "nim") > (version "1.6.6") > (source > (origin > (method url-fetch) > (uri (string-append "https://nim-lang.org/download/"; > name "-" version ".tar.xz")) > (sha256 > (base32 "0lm4450ig8k4l3rzxv6kcqji5l1lzicsw76ckwxm0q9qdz713cb7")))) > (build-system gnu-build-system) > (native-inputs (list pcre openssl cmake)) > (arguments > `(#:tests? #f ; No tests. > #:phases > (modify-phases %standard-phases > (delete 'configure) ; no configure script > (add-after 'unpack 'patch-installer > (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys) > (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))) > (substitute* "install.sh" > (("/usr/") (string-append out "/usr/")) > (("/etc/") (string-append out "/etc/")) > (("/opt/") (string-append out "/opt/"))) > #t))) > (add-after 'patch-source-shebangs 'patch-more-shebangs > (lambda _ > (let ((sh (which "sh"))) > (substitute* '("tests/stdlib/tosprocterminate.nim" > "tests/stdlib/tstrscans.nim" > "lib/pure/osproc.nim") > (("/bin/sh") sh)) > (substitute* (find-files "c_code" "stdlib_osproc.c")
try changing this to "stdlib_osproc.nim.c"
> (("\"/bin/sh\", 7") (format #f "~s, ~s" sh (string-length
> sh)))))
> #t))
> (replace 'build
> (lambda _
> (setenv "XDG_CACHE_HOME" "./cache-home")
> (mkdir-p "./cache-home")
> (invoke "sh" "build.sh")
> (invoke "./bin/nim" "c" "koch")
> (invoke "koch" "boot" "-d:release")
> (invoke "koch" "tools")
> #t))
> (replace 'install
> (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
> (mkdir-p (string-append out "/usr/bin"))
> (invoke "./install.sh" (string-append out "/usr/bin"))
> #t))))))
> (home-page "https://nim-lang.org";)
> (synopsis "Statically-typed, imperative programming language")
> (description "Nim (formerly known as Nimrod) is a statically-typed,
> imperative programming language that tries to give the programmer ultimate
> power
> without compromises on runtime efficiency. This means it focuses on
> compile-time
> mechanisms in all their various forms.")
> (license license:expat)))
> #+END_SRC
>
> I have tried:
>
> 1. Symlinking (without any success) /bin/sh to (which "bash")
> 2. Exporting $SHELL to (which "bash")
> 3. Attempted (without much luck) to ~alias cc=gcc~ to see if it's not the
> shell that's missing, it's the command "cc", and adding cmake as a separate
> input
> 4. Grokking the Nim source code that I don't perfectly understand to see how
> it could somehow decide to call something that isn't on path aside from a
> string that's "/bin/sh".
>
> If someone appreciates packaging this better than can share some wisdom, it
> would be appreciated.
>
> --
>
> Trev : 0FB7 D06B 4A2A F07E AD5B 1169 183B 6306 8AA1 D206
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