Konrad Hinsen writes:
> On 22/05/2018 15:42, Christopher Lemmer Webber wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately when I try to install packages with "raco pkg install"
>> I get errors like the following:
>
> I filed a bug report about this problem a while ago:
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3
Invalid specifications produce an unhelpful error message, they should
be validated.
See https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2018-08/msg00063.html.
Christopher Lemmer Webber writes:
> Konrad Hinsen writes:
>
>> In my tests, all packages ended up working, but performance is indeed
>> worse than with a Racket installation outside of Guix.
>>
>> It would be nice if someone with more knowledge of Racket internals
>> could give a hint or two for
Timothy Sample writes:
> Christopher Lemmer Webber writes:
>
>> Konrad Hinsen writes:
>>
>>> In my tests, all packages ended up working, but performance is indeed
>>> worse than with a Racket installation outside of Guix.
>>>
>>> It would be nice if someone with more knowledge of Racket internals
Christopher Lemmer Webber transcribed 3.3K bytes:
> Timothy Sample writes:
>
> > Christopher Lemmer Webber writes:
> >
> >> Konrad Hinsen writes:
> >>
> >>> In my tests, all packages ended up working, but performance is indeed
> >>> worse than with a Racket installation outside of Guix.
> >>>
> >
Nils Gillmann writes:
> Christopher Lemmer Webber transcribed 3.3K bytes:
>> BTW, some examples of packages where I've had trouble, in case it helps
>> with testing:
>>
>> - Raart
>> - Gregor
>> - crypto (seemed to work last time, not sure why it wasn't working before)
>>
>> Though at this p
Christopher Lemmer Webber writes:
> Likewise, Gregor and Raart do not install:
>
> $ mv ~/.racket ~/.racket-borked
> $ raco pkg install gregor # lots of errors during install
> $ racket
> racket@> (require gregor)
> explode-path: contract violation
> expected: (or/c path-for-some-system? path
