configure: error: Guix requires zlib.

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Chris Marusich wrote on 12 Nov 2019 06:10
(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
87a7911xzo.fsf@gmail.com
Hi,

I keep getting this error when trying to build Guix. I got it just
today when invoking the following command from a clean checkout:

guix environment --pure guix -- ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make

My current guix version is 18a69803e2eea4f7555d6eafb6497a645c2d094f:

$ guix describe
guile: warning: failed to install locale
Generation 5 Nov 11 2019 20:03:30 (current)
guix 18a6980
branch: master
commit: 18a69803e2eea4f7555d6eafb6497a645c2d094f

GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH="/home/marusich/custom-guix-packages"

The commit I had checked out was:
18a69803e2eea4f7555d6eafb6497a645c2d094f.

Can anyone reproduce this issue? It happens consistently for me using
this checkout. This is the tip of the master branch, by the way. I ran
"guix pull" without any problem earlier today. It happens even if I
remove the "--pure" option:

guix environment guix -- ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make

It still happens even if I add zlib ad-hoc to the environment:

$ guix environment guix --ad-hoc zlib -- ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make

It's pretty strange.

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Chris
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Efraim Flashner wrote on 12 Nov 2019 08:42
(name . Chris Marusich)(address . cmmarusich@gmail.com)(address . 38175@debbugs.gnu.org)
20191112074218.GK3954@E5400
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 09:10:03PM -0800, Chris Marusich wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I keep getting this error when trying to build Guix. I got it just
> today when invoking the following command from a clean checkout:
>
> guix environment --pure guix -- ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make
>
> My current guix version is 18a69803e2eea4f7555d6eafb6497a645c2d094f:
>
> $ guix describe
> guile: warning: failed to install locale
> Generation 5 Nov 11 2019 20:03:30 (current)
> guix 18a6980
> repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
> branch: master
> commit: 18a69803e2eea4f7555d6eafb6497a645c2d094f
>
> GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH="/home/marusich/custom-guix-packages"
>
> The commit I had checked out was:
> 18a69803e2eea4f7555d6eafb6497a645c2d094f.
>
> Can anyone reproduce this issue? It happens consistently for me using
> this checkout. This is the tip of the master branch, by the way. I ran
> "guix pull" without any problem earlier today. It happens even if I
> remove the "--pure" option:
>
> guix environment guix -- ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make
>
> It still happens even if I add zlib ad-hoc to the environment:
>
> $ guix environment guix --ad-hoc zlib -- ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make
>
> It's pretty strange.
>

I'm pretty sure this parses (guix environment guix -- ad-hoc zlib --
./bootstrap) && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make



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Chris Marusich wrote on 12 Nov 2019 09:36
(name . Efraim Flashner)(address . efraim@flashner.co.il)(address . 38175-close@debbugs.gnu.org)
871rudij8r.fsf@gmail.com
Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:

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> I'm pretty sure this parses (guix environment guix -- ad-hoc zlib --
> ./bootstrap) && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make

You're absolutely right. I can't believe I made such a silly mistake!
Thank you for lending me a second pair of eyes. :-)

I'm closing this bug report.

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