Hi, This old bug [1] is about a failure of the package 'biber'.
1: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/29021> On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 at 21:51, Adonay Felipe Nogueira <adf...@hyperbola.info> wrote: > $ guix package --fallback -i biber > starting phase `configure' > running `perl' with arguments ("Build.PL" > "--prefix=/gnu/store/0mkxal471rqb55zvnqrapp970irzdb5i-biber-2.7" > "--installdirs=site") > WARNING: the following files are missing in your kit: > META.json > META.yml > Please inform the author. > > Created MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json > Creating new 'Build' script for 'biblatex-biber' version '2.7' > phase `configure' succeeded after 0.6 seconds > starting phase `patch-generated-file-shebangs' > phase `patch-generated-file-shebangs' succeeded after 0.0 seconds > starting phase `build' > Building biblatex-biber > phase `build' succeeded after 0.7 seconds > starting phase `check' [...] > # Failed test 'Extended years - 1' [...] > # Failed test 'Extended years - 2' [...] > Failed 2/45 subtests > > Test Summary Report > ------------------- > t/dateformats.t (Wstat: 512 Tests: 45 Failed: 2) > Failed tests: 43-44 > Non-zero exit status: 2 > Files=43, Tests=1061, 78 wallclock secs ( 0.64 usr 0.14 sys + 59.30 > cusr 16.42 csys = 76.50 CPU) > Result: FAIL > Failed 1/43 test programs. 2/1061 subtests failed. > phase `check' failed after 79.2 seconds > builder for > `/gnu/store/07p6wbr4j2j3qy4151z0gak2dylwhrkm-biber-2.7.drv' failed > with exit code 1 > guix package: error: build failed: build of > `/gnu/store/07p6wbr4j2j3qy4151z0gak2dylwhrkm-biber-2.7.drv' failed Using Guix 3694c0d, the package 'biber' (now at 2.12) builds for me. Does it build for you? All the best, simon