bug#67973: [PATCH core-updates 0/1] gnu: docbook2x: Fix build.

Hi Greg, Thanks for noticing, it turned out to be a regression introduced in v3. Bruno Victal (1): gnu: docbook2x: Fix build. gnu/packages/docbook.scm | 17 - 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) base-commit: e769385a7e348c8ba97614d889d7e8625fd8226a -- 2.41.0

bug#67973: [PATCH core-updates 1/1] gnu: docbook2x: Fix build.

The documentation step fails to build if the original configure script is removed. * gnu/packages/docbook.scm (docbook2x)[source]: Preserve original configure script. [arguments]<#:phases>: Add 'autoreconf phase. <#:modules>: Use %default-gnu-modules. --- gnu/packages/docbook.scm | 17

bug#51431: faust 2.5.23 fails to build

Closing, faust has been updated to 2.41.1 in commit bfec24b11810edcaccb1c57ca493f015287e5ce1 and `guix weather faust' indicates that substitutes are available. (the package builds) Additional info: --8<---cut here---start->8--- $ guix --version guix (GNU Guix)

bug#66339: Gnome-team dbus socket in /var/run/dbus, not /run/dbus

Hi, On 2023-10-07 15:39, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hi, > > Vivien Kraus writes: > >> Glib has made /run the default runstatedir: >> >> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/merge_requests/3101 >> >> However, in Guix, the default runstatedir is /var/run. >> >> * gnu/packages/glib.scm (glib): Set

bug#65889: texlive-acronyms is missing dependencies

Hi Josselin, On 2023-09-14 14:13, Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote: > Couldn't we report those missing dependencies upstream then? This can be done, in theory it's nothing too complicated and all it takes is simply add a DEPENDS.txt file to the repository. If you're interested

bug#63153: transfig build failure

Fixed with [1] in '337dbf6867597b6e3b72b0bdb2152a42a9f41dbc'. [1]: -- Thanks, Bruno.

bug#30108: [core-updates] nss 3.34.1 not reproducible

Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Only the following three files differ: > > - libfreeblpriv3.chk > - libnssdbm3.chk > - libsoftokn3.chk > > How are they generated? Relevant: -- Thanks, Bruno.

bug#65741: The URW fontconfig dilemma

During my attempt to build the enblend-enfuse documentation [1], it would fail and display the following message: --8<---cut here---start->8--- Error: fontconfig: Didn't find expected font family. Perhaps URW Type 1 fonts need installing? --8<---cut

bug#65391: People need to report failing builds even though we have ci.guix.gnu.org for that

On 2023-08-27 02:13, 宋文武 wrote: > Maybe we can automatically report the failures as bugs, say every 7 > days, and remove a package if it still fail to build in 90 days? I'm not so sure about removing packages, personally if I'm in need of a package that happens to be broken I find it easier to

bug#63082: mpd defaul configuration does not work ('No database' error)

Hi Maxim, On 2023-07-25 21:48, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hi Bruno, > > Bruno Victal writes: > >> Hi Maxim, >> >> On 2023-05-05 19:28, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: >>> * gnu/services/audio.scm (mpd-shepherd-service): Register a new update >>> action

bug#64350: [bug#64361] [PATCH v2] gnu: python-wand: Honor #:tests? argument.

Fixed with 13cb9b302868b5a966a6ae177412c474084f4bf1. -- Furthermore, I consider that nonfree software must be eradicated. Cheers, Bruno.

bug#64365: [Shepherd] Export deregister-service.

Hi Ludo’, On 2023-07-12 21:52, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi, > > Bruno Victal skribis: > >> Although 'register-services' is exported its counterpart >> 'deregister-service' is not. >> >> Some notes: >> * 'register-services' is in its plural form

bug#63608: UTF-8 support absent within guix shell --pure less

On 2023-05-22 15:25, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:> So GUIX_LOCPATH is *not* set, right? Could you try adding 'glibc' to > the environment as well? It's the one providing the GUIX_LOCPATH search > path. The issue still remains (with and without glibc-locales): --8<---cut

bug#64365: [Shepherd] Export deregister-service.

Although 'register-services' is exported its counterpart 'deregister-service' is not. Some notes: * 'register-services' is in its plural form while its counterpart is not, maybe one of them should be renamed for consistency sake? * From the docstring and code the interface of

bug#62000: Inconsistent indentation rules for define-configuration

Hi Simon, On 2023-03-07 14:02, Simon Tournier wrote: > I am missing something but from my point of view, it would not be > possible to change what you are suggesting: apply indentation rules > depending on the context Thanks for the explanation, am closing this then. -- Furthermore, I consider

bug#63526: [PATCH] gnu: hubbub: Disable building tests

On 2023-05-25 14:02, Greg Hogan wrote: > Hi Andy, > > Disabling tests should be a last resort, especially without a process > to evaluate re-enabling tests in the future. I concur. A test failure, unless it is caused by things such as “requiring network access” or is expected due to guix

bug#63082: [PATCH v3 10/16] services: mpd: Let Shepherd effect the user/group change.

On 2023-05-05 19:29, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Relates to . > > Quoting a MPD developer, regarding MPD's feature to switch user itself: > "that's legacy for the dark ages when proper service managers did not exist" > :-). > > * gnu/services/audio.scm

bug#63082: [PATCH v3 07/16] services: mpd; Refactor start slot directory initialization.

On 2023-05-05 19:29, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > - (make-forkexec-constructor > - (list #$(file-append package "/bin/mpd") > - "--no-daemon" > - #$config-file) > - #:environment-variables

bug#63082: [PATCH v3 04/16] services: mpd: Rename %set-user-group to set-user-group.

On 2023-05-05 19:28, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > The convention to use % as a prefix is for "special" variables rather than > procedures. > > * gnu/services/audio.scm ((%set-user-group): Rename to... > (set-user-group): ... this. > --- > gnu/services/audio.scm | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3

bug#63082: [PATCH v3 02/16] services: mpd: Add an 'update' action to trigger a database update.

Hi Maxim, On 2023-05-05 19:28, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > * gnu/services/audio.scm (mpd-shepherd-service): Register a new update action. > * doc/guix.texi (Audio Services): Document it. > --- > doc/guix.texi | 10 ++ > gnu/services/audio.scm | 11 +++ > 2 files changed, 21

bug#63591: Upstream change for java-xsdlib

Hi, Since java.net has closed, my attempts at tracking where MSV (which java-xsdlib is a subproject of) resides have led me to which seems to suggest that is the new upstream. Cheers, Bruno

bug#62986: Guix System cannot shutdown when there are NFS mounts

Hi Maxim, On 2023-04-21 04:53, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hello, > > This has been reported by others in #guix as well, although we're > currently short on details. > > When an NFS mount is active at the time a shutdown is requested, the > system hangs, and doesn't shut down. The power button

bug#63572: htmlcxx-0.87 fails to build

Hi Arne, On 2023-05-18 16:17, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote: > Hi, > > To reproduce: guix build htmlcxx — it blocks several dependents. > > The relevant part of the error: > > In file included from CharsetConverter.cc:5: > CharsetConverter.h:20:90: error: ISO C++17 does not allow dynamic

bug#60657: Rethinking how service extensions work

Hi Ludo’, On 2023-02-25 17:46, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Bruno Victal skribis: >> In [1], the issue arises from using activation-service-type to create >> files/directories for services >> when these should be either (1) shepherd one-shot services or moved into the

bug#63082: [PATCH v2 04/16] services: mpd: Obsolete the 'group' field.

Hi Maxim, On 2023-04-29 18:21, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > @@ -185,20 +174,13 @@ (define-maybe boolean (prefix mpd-)) > (define %mpd-user >(user-account > (name "mpd") > - ;; XXX: This is a place-holder to be lazily substituted in (…-accounts) > - ;; with the value from the 'group'

bug#56678: certbot mcron job fails

Hi, I've found out about step-ca which has a ACME server implementation and could be used to write a self contained system test for certbot / ACME clients. I didn't have much success packaging this for guix (it's written in go), perhaps someone more

bug#63082: [PATCH 14/17] services: mpd: Obsolete 'environment-variables' field.

Hi Maxim, On 2023-05-03 02:44, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hi Bruno, > > Bruno Victal writes: > >> On 2023-04-29 18:04, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: >>> Hi Bruno, >>> >>> Bruno Victal writes: >>> >>>> On 2023-04-28 15:27, Maxim Cournoy

bug#63190: [Shepherd] Nested calls lead to a hang

Original discussion (IRC): Minimal example (annotated): test-system.scm: --8<---cut here---start->8--- (use-modules (gnu) (gnu tests) (gnu packages) (gnu packages

bug#63082: [PATCH 14/17] services: mpd: Obsolete 'environment-variables' field.

On 2023-04-29 18:04, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hi Bruno, > > Bruno Victal writes: > >> On 2023-04-28 15:27, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: >>> Rationale: Services can be extended via the simple-service mechanism instead >>> of having to expose fields on service

bug#63082: [PATCH 04/17] services: mpd: Obsolete the 'group' field.

On 2023-04-29 02:15, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hi, > > Bruno Victal writes: > > [...] > >>> @item @code{shepherd-requirement} (default: @code{()}) (type: >>> list-of-symbol) >>> This is a list of symbols naming Shepherd services that this service

bug#63082: [PATCH 06/17] services: mympd: Fix log file name.

On 2023-04-29 02:49, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: >> No, this is correct although perhaps /var/log/mympd/mympd.log would have >> been less error prone? >> IIRC mympd is supposed to write to a subdirectory within /var/log and >> this change would break the service. > > The only consumer of a 'log-to'

bug#63082: [PATCH 15/17] services: mpd: Provision a default cache directory and set HOME.

On 2023-04-28 15:27, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Relates to . > > * gnu/services/audio.scm (mpd-shepherd-service): Create a default .cache > directory. Use mkdir-p/perms and refactor loop. Set the HOME environment > variables. There's a slight problem here, you

bug#63082: [PATCH 14/17] services: mpd: Obsolete 'environment-variables' field.

On 2023-04-28 15:27, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Rationale: Services can be extended via the simple-service mechanism instead > of having to expose fields on service configurations that are not directly > connected to the service's configuration. > > * gnu/services/audio.scm

bug#63082: [PATCH 09/17] services: mpd: Let Shepherd effect the user/group change.

dio.scm > index cccf5c2693..550ccc542c 100644 > --- a/gnu/services/audio.scm > +++ b/gnu/services/audio.scm > @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ > ;;; Copyright © 2019 Ricardo Wurmus > ;;; Copyright © 2020 Ludovic Courtès > ;;; Copyright © 2022⁠–⁠2023 Bruno Victal > +;;; Copyright © 2023 M

bug#63082: [PATCH 07/17] services: mpd: Log to syslog by default.

On 2023-04-28 15:27, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Rationale: the tristate value was awkward to deal with, the default log file > name was odd (/var/log/mpd/log) and it required special attention to create > the 'mpd' parent directory as root and chowning it to the MPD user. It also > didn't match the

bug#63082: [PATCH 06/17] services: mympd: Fix log file name.

On 2023-04-28 15:26, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > * gnu/services/audio.scm (mympd-configuration): Adjust log file name to match > documentation. > --- > gnu/services/audio.scm | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/gnu/services/audio.scm b/gnu/services/audio.scm >

bug#63082: [PATCH 04/17] services: mpd: Obsolete the 'group' field.

On 2023-04-28 15:26, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Prior to this change, there was a discrepancy where a user could have > disagreeing groups between the group and user fields (the user field being a > record, which includes its primary group as a string). This > could have caused problems because

bug#63153: transfig build failure

Fails to build on x86_64. guix commit: aecc6e70587f8412cbbb9b2c13141de4f534518e

bug#63152: SRFI-136 support for define-record-type*

This is a tracking issue, requested at .

bug#62163: Suppress logging shepherd evaluation in mcron.log

Hi Ludo’, On 2023-04-27 14:24, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi Bruno, > > Ludovic Courtès skribis: > >> Bruno Victal skribis: >> >>> On 2023-03-30 11:22, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >>>> >>>> You can send messages to the bitbucket with: >

bug#34829: control-msg

Done with a718f5f55bd005a93d1969238043776ead33d89e (via )

bug#62742: nheko cannot display certain image types (.avif, .webp)

Hi, On 2023-04-09 19:25, bdju via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote: > This seems to be due to not having kimageformats and qtimageformats in > the inputs at build time according to some people I spoke with. > I have not tested adding them and rebuilding as I'm not sure how to do > that. Hopefully

bug#60834: configuration->documentation generates garbage @-command on fields beginning with numeric characters

This seems to be an issue involving how 'object->string' works: --8<---cut here---start->8--- scheme@(guile-user)> (object->string '1-foo) $1 = "#{1-foo}#" scheme@(guile-user)> (object->string '-foo) $2 = "-foo" scheme@(guile-user)> (object->string 'foo-1-bar)

bug#62619: Shepherd desertion upon service canonical name change?

Forwarded from: Upon a guix system reconfigure, if a running service has undergone a canonical name change since the previous generation then shutdown or reboot commands fail, with shepherd indicating itself (root service) as stopped.

bug#61570: control-msg

Done with 7fdadeac11a997583305cb867b4a8828808ae953.

bug#62163: Suppress logging shepherd evaluation in mcron.log

On 2023-03-30 11:22, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > You can send messages to the bitbucket with: > > (parameterize ((shepherd-message-port (%make-void-port "w0"))) > …) While it does work for expunging them from mcron log, I noticed that these lines are also polluting /var/log/messages and

bug#40567: mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works with a new user defined in config.scm

Hi Veera, On 2020-04-12 05:25, R Veera Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > This is to report: > mpd-service-type needs a pre-existing user in system and does not works > with a new user defined in config.scm. Running guix system reconfigure > gives some getpw error. > > Guix system reconfigure works fine

bug#62163: Suppress logging shepherd evaluation in mcron.log

On 2023-03-30 11:22, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi, > > Bruno Victal skribis: > >> On 2023-03-28 17:25, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >>> >>> Nope. :-) What is ‘my-heartbeat-job’ doing? >> >> It queries shepherd to see if a service is running and sends

bug#57958: control-msg

Done with bd932c18559880ad70c266fe0ed77bf77d2e837e.

bug#62163: Suppress logging shepherd evaluation in mcron.log

Hi Ludo’, On 2023-03-28 17:25, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > > Nope. :-) What is ‘my-heartbeat-job’ doing? It queries shepherd to see if a service is running and sends a restart if required. It looks like this: (#$task is what will perform the actual checks) --8<---cut

bug#61627: Cannot start a container built with `guix system container --network'.

On 2023-03-21 12:53, Arun Isaac wrote: > > Hi Bruno, > >> /etc/hosts is created by hosts-service-type, so if you remove that service >> it shouldn't be present anymore. > > That makes sense. > > There's one more question, though. Now that we are handling /etc/hosts > using hosts-service-type,

bug#57589: close

Fixed in b7506eb334d1cfceca78682879c69edf525c8ccd. (via #60756)

bug#61627: Cannot start a container built with `guix system container --network'.

Hi, On 2023-02-19 15:29, Pierre Langlois wrote: > > Pierre Langlois writes: > > Digging into the container script code, I think the reason is that when > sharing the network, it's supposed to remove any network-related > services from the containerized operating system. And it's not aware of

bug#62203: Relocating AUX_FILES from Makefile.am into gnu/local.mk

It's strange that while package patches (gnu/packages/patches/) are registered in gnu/local.mk, aux-files (gnu/packages/aux-files/) are registered under Makefile.am. Is there anything stopping AUX_FILES from being moved into gnu/local.mk ? Bruno

bug#62163: Suppress logging shepherd evaluation in mcron.log

Upon mcron job completion, /var/log/mcron.log is spammed with: “shepherd: Evaluating user expression (and (defined? (quote transient?)) (map (# ?) ?))” These shepherd lines should be suppressible. /var/log/mcron.log snippet: --8<---cut here---start->8---

bug#62000: Inconsistent indentation rules for define-configuration

Hi Simon, On 2023-03-07 13:16, Simon Tournier wrote: > Hi, > > Cool you had the number 62000. ;-) > > On Mon, 06 Mar 2023 at 12:48, Bruno Victal wrote: >> Suspected file: .dir-locals.el >> >> Using 'package' as a field in define-configuration results in >&g

bug#62000: Inconsistent indentation rules for define-configuration

Suspected file: .dir-locals.el Using 'package' as a field in define-configuration results in inconsistent indentation: --8<---cut here---start->8--- (define-configuration/no-serialization mympd-configuration (package (file-like mympd)

bug#61809: (gnu home services xdg): Wrong value for $XDG_STATE_HOME

Hi Philip, Can you test the patches in ? Cheers, Bruno

bug#61570: [PATCH] services: mpd: Use proper records.

Hi Maxim, Liliana On 2023-02-18 17:42, Liliana Marie Prikler wrote:> This patch fixes the issue of not being able to insert actual users and > groups into MPD service. Sadly, as define-configuration lacks proper > support for sanitizers, it's a backwards-incompatible change. > Perhaps it makes

bug#61570: Backward incompatible changes in mpd-service-type

Hi Maxim, On 2023-02-17 12:53, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hi! > > I wanted to note some findings regarding the improved > mpd-configuration/mdp-service-type (thanks!) > (5c5f0fc1135ff15f9c4adfc5f27eadd9a592b5d1, "services: mpd: Refactor MPD > service.") after having reconfigured my machine

bug#61261: obs-wlrobs build failure

On 2023-02-04 04:15, bdju via Bug reports for GNU Guix wrote: > guix (GNU Guix) c3e50c731d8c175133cae1869e445cbb7a3b4d6f > log attached This has been fixed with obs-wlrobs 1.1 update. (guix c3e50c731d8c175133cae1869e445cbb7a3b4d6f) Cheers Bruno

bug#61280: Broken knot-resolver service due to missing lua-http dependency

knot-resolver-service-type by default is configured to bootstrap the root trust anchors which fails since it depends on 'lua-http' which is missing from guix. /var/log/messages snippet: --8<---cut here---start->8--- Feb 4 17:43:26 localhost shepherd[1]:

bug#61279: lua-cqueues build failure

Attaching the output of `guix build lua-cqueues &>bug.txt` Auxiliary information: --8<---cut here---start->8--- $ guix describe Generation 53 Feb 02 2023 18:52:13(current) guix 301f128 repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git

bug#60657: Rethinking how service extensions work

On 2023-01-08 12:31, Bruno Victal wrote: > (...) the issue arises from using activation-service-type to create > files/directories for services > when these should be either (1) shepherd one-shot services or moved into the > 'start' procedure of the service. Idea: Inste

bug#60834: configuration->documentation generates garbage @-command on fields beginning with numeric characters

Minimal example (with Guix REPL): --8<---cut here---start->8--- scheme@(guix-user)> ,use (gnu services configuration) scheme@(guix-user)> (define serialize-boolean (lambda (x y) #t)) scheme@(guix-user)> (define-configuration example-configuration (1-foo

bug#57589: Guix hangs on GDM with Wayland

I found out what's missing from your "/tmp" filesystem entry: you need to set the 'needed-for-boot?' field to #t. I don't think the above counts as a user error, rather it is a workaround since x11-socket-directory-service relies on activation-service-type which does not take 'file-systems'

bug#60657: Rethinking how service extensions work

Hi all, The current situation with services in Guix is that service extensions do not care about dependencies. This can result in cryptic errors as seen in [1]. In [1], the issue arises from using activation-service-type to create files/directories for services when these should be either (1)

bug#59462: rasdaemon: missing interpreter for 'ras-mc-ctl'

Running 'ras-mc-ctl' (provided by 'rasdaemon' package) results in: bash: /run/current-system/profile/sbin/ras-mc-ctl: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory