On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 14:01:44 +0100 felix.winkelm...@bevuta.com wrote: >> 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)))
How about "empty egg-info file, possibly due to an aborted egg-install - please remove the file and reinstall the corresponding egg"? Rationale: Matt's case. check-errors.egg-info was empty, but the installation of base64 was failing. If Matt had removed check-errors.egg-info and retried installing base64, the installation of base64 would work, but check-errors would still be broken (chicken-status and chicken-uninstall would ignore it, for example). All the best. Mario -- http://parenteses.org/mario
