Copying the check-errors.egg-info file from another build into the lib/chicken/11 directory seems to have genuinely let me move forward. Now I'm getting a different error on the sqlite3 egg "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect." The path it is complaining about has a mix of forward and backward slashes. Installing sql-de-lite worked fine so the sqlite3 problem is unrelated I think.
On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 9:21 AM Matt Welland <mattrwell...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think I was premature in concluding that removing the empty files was > sufficient to fix this. I can remove the empty file but the moment I hit an > egg that depends on check-errors it seems to get stuck. > > I turned off the continuous virus feature and I tried using > CHICKEN_EGG_CACHE to put the cache in /tmp and each time it seems to go > further but fails on check-errors.egg-info. Note that check-errors appears > to be properly installed as it imports fine. I think something is > attempting to remove or rewrite the check-errors.egg-info file and that > causes the problem, at least that is currently my best guess. > > Unfortunately I don't think that stopping and reporting the empty file > will be sufficient but I will try the patch. Any suggestions as to what to > try next? > > On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 9:14 AM Mario Domenech Goulart < > ma...@parenteses.org> wrote: > >> 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 >> > > > -- > -- > Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. > It is hard to keep things simple. - Richard Branson. > -- -- Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple. - Richard Branson.
