python-mpi4py and check phase

2021-04-12 Thread Pierre-Antoine Bouttier
Dear all, I try to install the « python-mpi4py » package (from the guix e18e2e4). The build fails during the check phase (which seems to be pretty common with python-packages). As I really need this package, I run: $ guix install —without-tests=python-mpi4py python-mpi4py and, as intended, it

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2021-04-12 Thread Joshua Branson
Vagrant Cascadian writes: > On 2021-04-11, Joshua Branson wrote: >> reduxmotion writes: >>> Is it possible to modify installation boot menu, to allow non-Free firmware >>> loading? >> A good solution to your problem might be to use hardware that supports >> free software. > ... >> Also think pe

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2021-04-12 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Joshua Branson writes: > I personally do not use libreboot (I use the nonfree fork), because > under intense load, my T400 crashes. Using the nonfree fork of > libreboot, my T400 does not crash under heavy load. I’m a little confused about “nonfree fork”. Coreboot is free software, though it

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2021-04-12 Thread Joshua Branson
Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Joshua Branson writes: > >> I personally do not use libreboot (I use the nonfree fork), because >> under intense load, my T400 crashes. Using the nonfree fork of >> libreboot, my T400 does not crash under heavy load. > > I’m a little confused about “nonfree fork”. Core

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2021-04-12 Thread Leo Famulari
On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 11:07:31AM -0400, Joshua Branson wrote: > I personally do not use libreboot (I use the nonfree fork), because > under intense load, my T400 crashes. Using the nonfree fork of > libreboot, my T400 does not crash under heavy load. And I use the sway > window manager, with Fi

Bug? Importing (gnu rest ...) fails due to lack of patch files on build side.

2021-04-12 Thread David Dashyan
Hello Guix! I've been having lots of fun with derivations and gexps lately :) There are couple of quirks I stumbled upon and I'm not sure whether It's a bug or I'm doing weird things. Take a look at this snippet: (define select? (match-lambda (('guix 'config) #f) (('guix rest ..

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2021-04-12 Thread divoplade
Hi! Le lundi 12 avril 2021 à 13:52 -0400, Leo Famulari a écrit : > Yes, Firefox is free software. The reason we don't include it is that > Guix goes beyond only including free software; our packages are not > supposed to recommend non-free software either. The Firefox addons > interface doesn't ad