Haha, I see that I added bash because I misread the error and someone mentioned bash was needed.
Bash is not needed. You can delete the input for bash both the use-module and the native-input bit. Be careful of matching parenthesis. On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 21:27:16 +0200 Thomas Sigurdsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Arnaud. > > Had a look at your package, it does not have the configure script where > build-system gnu is expecting. I couldn't see it anywhere else either. > > I've made a few changes that I attached. With this you can put the file in a > directory that you append to your $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH and then just run 'guix > build freefilesync'. > > I see the License file has three other licenses in addition to GPL3. But the > names look like free software too (though I'm not a lawyer). No idea how we > handle cases like that. > > Also, the rest of the code tree looks very non-standard as far as the tools > I'm used go... Which is probably why you are having trouble building it. > > Hope that helps a little. > > Thomas > > On Tue, 3 Apr 2018 19:14:34 +0200 > Arnaud B <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Well I'm happy to report that thanks to your advice I made some progress. > > Using the scm file attached and the command : > > *guix build -L /home/arnaud/guix_packages/gnu/packages/ -K -f > > freefilesync.scm* > > the build process starts as it should, the zip file is downloaded, checked > > and unziped as needed, and the cpp files compile normally. > > It stops at the configure script stage, apparently not finding the > > configure command. > > H > > ere is the relevant part : > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *phase `unpack' succeeded after 0.3 secondsstarting phase > > `patch-usr-bin-file'phase `patch-usr-bin-file' succeeded after 0.0 > > secondsstarting phase `patch-source-shebangs'phase `patch-source-shebangs' > > succeeded after 0.2 secondsstarting phase `configure'source directory: > > "/tmp/guix-build-freefilesync-9.9.drv-0/source" (relative from build: > > ".")build directory: > > "/tmp/guix-build-freefilesync-9.9.drv-0/source"configure flags: > > ("CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/icz3hd36aqpjz5slyp4hhr8wsfbgiml1-bash-minimal-4.4.12/bin/bash" > > "SHELL=/gnu/store/icz3hd36aqpjz5slyp4hhr8wsfbgiml1-bash-minimal-4.4.12/bin/bash" > > "--prefix=/gnu/store/v07x6jfph9yy7bf54ibdb9z08snjn6lh-freefilesync-9.9" > > "--enable-fast-install" > > "--build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu") > > /gnu/store/icz3hd36aqpjz5slyp4hhr8wsfbgiml1-bash-minimal-4.4.12/bin/bash: > > ./configure: No such file or > > directory phase `configure' > > failed after 0.0 secondsnote: keeping build directory > > `/tmp/guix-build-freefilesync-9.9.drv-1'builder for > > `/gnu/store/r13m30fdxvxindynh4161ca498lj3y09-freefilesync-9.9.drv' failed > > with exit code 1@ build-failed > > /gnu/store/r13m30fdxvxindynh4161ca498lj3y09-freefilesync-9.9.drv - 1 > > builder for > > `/gnu/store/r13m30fdxvxindynh4161ca498lj3y09-freefilesync-9.9.drv' failed > > with exit code 1 guix build: error: build failed: > > build of > > `/gnu/store/r13m30fdxvxindynh4161ca498lj3y09-freefilesync-9.9.drv' failed* > > This is surprising to me as, according to the manual > > <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Defining-Packages.html>, > > configure is part of the usual set of tools found in the gnu build system. > > Let met quote : > > *"The (...) gnu-build-system represents the familiar GNU Build System, > > where packages may be configured, built, and installed with the usual > > ./configure && make && make check && make install command sequence."* > > I checked that bash, bash-minimal, bash-completion are all found in the > > store (actually in 3 differents versions after guix puil I guess). > > > > So again I rely on your knowledge, hoping to get through eventually. > > > > Many thanks in advance > > > > Arnaud > > > > PS : I reworded the package name and description as per the guidelines. > > > > > > 2018-04-02 21:53 GMT+02:00 Arnaud B <[email protected]>: > > > > > Hello Pierre and Oleg > > > > > > Thanks a lot for the detailed and helpful answers, I will do accordingly > > > tomorrow night after work and report. > > > Cheers > > > > > > >
