When I try `guix build guile-sly` it gives the error "configure: error: freeimage not found."
When I try to manually build guile-sly, I get additional information: ld: /gnu/store/86mrl4m1i90wirwzxrri7xybk5nki7hc- profile/lib/libfreeimage.so: undefined reference to `PerfTimerStart' ld: /gnu/store/86mrl4m1i90wirwzxrri7xybk5nki7hc- profile/lib/libfreeimage.so: undefined reference to `PerfTimerCopyStartTime' ld: /gnu/store/86mrl4m1i90wirwzxrri7xybk5nki7hc- profile/lib/libfreeimage.so: undefined reference to `PerfTimerGetResults' ld: /gnu/store/86mrl4m1i90wirwzxrri7xybk5nki7hc- profile/lib/libfreeimage.so: undefined reference to `PerfTimerStop' ld: /gnu/store/86mrl4m1i90wirwzxrri7xybk5nki7hc- profile/lib/libfreeimage.so: undefined reference to `PerfTimerDelete' ld: /gnu/store/86mrl4m1i90wirwzxrri7xybk5nki7hc- profile/lib/libfreeimage.so: undefined reference to `PerfTimerNew' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status I looked into freeimage. The missing function reference should be defined in the libjxr bundled with freeimage. Some related history: - commit a5d4c96b8d90b8bb87e07bd6a7be78991db91bc9 (http://git.savannah. gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/gnu/packages/image.scm?id=a5d4c96b8d90b8bb 87e07bd6a7be78991db91bc9) gnu: freeimage: Remove bundled libraries. - commit f347c24acc14e080dc2801561edca0d525a90257 (http://git.savannah. gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/gnu/packages/image.scm?id=f347c24acc14e080 dc2801561edca0d525a90257) gnu: freeimage: Use bundled libjxr. - bug #28261 (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/28261) freeimage uses bundled libraries - commit 37dc29200c44adc0474476b8df46ed44e8a1d41a (http://git.savannah. gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/gnu/packages/maths.scm?id=37dc29200c44adc0 474476b8df46ed44e8a1d41a) gnu: Add opencascade-occt. - bug #34013 (https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/34013) [PATCH 1/2] gnu: libjxr: Build and install shared library. It seems commit f347c24acc14e080dc2801561edca0d525a90257 was an attempt to fix guile-sly, but it looks like it was unsuccessful. Commit 37dc29200c44adc0474476b8df46ed44e8a1d41a mentions a similar issue and has a work-around. I do not think the configure script will be as cooperative with this work-around because it checks for FreeImage unconditionally. - bug #34013 was a patch submitted in January but nobody has responded to it. I don't know if it will fix this issue, but it's worth reviewing. -- -Jesse
