That was it. Thanks. I do have to keep running: find /software/ -name \*.egg-info -empty -delete -print
as check-errors.egg-info seems to be a pervasive problem. Maybe it would be worth it to add a defence against this? On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 12:18 AM Mario Domenech Goulart < ma...@parenteses.org> wrote: > On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 06:53:05 +0100 Mario Domenech Goulart < > ma...@parenteses.org> wrote: > > > On Sun, 29 Oct 2023 20:22:53 -0700 Matt Welland <mattrwell...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> I'm guessing I've done something wrong in my setup but some eggs did > install and some do not and I'm not sure what > >> I'm missing. > >> > >> MINGW32 ~ > >> $ chicken-install base64 > >> fetching base64 > >> C:\msys64\tmp\tempa4ea.8676\base64.egg > >> C:\msys64\tmp\tempa4ea.8676\base64.scm > >> C:\msys64\tmp\tempa4ea.8676\tests\run.scm > >> 3 File(s) copied > >> building base64 > >> c:/msys64/software/bin/csc -host -D compiling-extension -J -s > -regenerate-import-libraries -setup > >> -mode -I C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\chicken-install\base64 -C > -IC:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\chick > >> en-install\base64 -O2 -d1 base64.scm -o > C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\chicken-install\base64\base64.s > >> o > >> c:/msys64/software/bin/csc -regenerate-import-libraries -M > -setup-mode -static -I C:\Users\Owner\ > >> AppData\Local\chicken-install\base64 -emit-link-file > C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\chicken-install\ba > >> se64\base64.link -host -D compiling-extension -c -unit base64 -D > compiling-static-extension -C -IC:\ > >> Users\Owner\AppData\Local\chicken-install\base64 -O2 -d1 base64.scm -o > C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\ > >> chicken-install\base64\base64.static.obj > >> c:/msys64/software/bin/csc -setup-mode -s -host -I > C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\chicken-install\b > >> ase64 -C -IC:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\chicken-install\base64 -O2 -d0 > base64.import.scm -o C:\Users > >> \Owner\AppData\Local\chicken-install\base64\base64.import.so > >> > >> Error: (assq) bad argument type: #!eof > > > > I seem to remember seing such errors when .egg-info files get corrupted. > > I'd start by checking for abnormally small (or even empty) .egg-info > > files in the directories printed by > > > > $ csi -p '(begin (import (chicken platform)) (repository-path))' > > > > If you find a corrupted file, say for egg foo, just copy any other good > > .egg-info file over foo.egg-info and reinstall foo with `chicken-install > foo'. > > Actually simply removing the corrupted .egg-info file and installing its > corresponding egg again should do the trick. > > > Once the corrupted files have been fixed, you should be able to install > > eggs again. > > > All the best. > Mario > -- > http://parenteses.org/mario > > -- -- Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple. - Richard Branson.
