> 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?
>
>
Sorry - wrong patch, this is the right one.
felix
From 8a2a82a8171744546badacaa297bcf754bff3eba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: felix <fe...@call-with-current-continuation.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:00:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] handle case when egg-info file is empty
---
egg-information.scm | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/egg-information.scm b/egg-information.scm
index 6f5f7cb9..1e7f8aec 100644
--- a/egg-information.scm
+++ b/egg-information.scm
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@
(if (file-exists? fname*) fname* fname)))
(define (load-egg-info fname)
- (let ((fname (locate-egg-file fname)))
- (with-input-from-file fname read)))
+ (let* ((fname (locate-egg-file fname))
+ (info (with-input-from-file fname read)))
+ (if (eof-object? info)
+ (error "empty egg-info file, possibly due to an aborted egg-install -
please remove the file and retry" fname)
+ info)))
;;; lookup specific toplevel properties of egg-information
--
2.40.0
