Re: Guix package steps

[Amirouche Boubekki]

On 2015-06-22 15:42, Daniel Pimentel wrote:
> On 2015-06-22 03:09, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> > Daniel Pimentel <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > On 2015-06-17 00:57, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> > > > Daniel Pimentel <address@hidden> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > I tried create new packages (ipcalc, nmap, xfburn and others) but
> > > > > without success.
> > > > >
> > > > > My steps (based on talk GNU Guix packaging by Andreas Enge):
> > > > > 0. Git clone guix repository by savannah;
> > > > > 1. Copy gnu/package/indent.scm to mypackage.scm in this same 
> > > > > folder;
> > > > > 2. Add module to gnu-system.am
> > > > > 3. Download mypackage;
> > > > > 4. Edit mypackage.scm and add hash, license and other information;
> > > > > 5. ./pre-inst-env guix build mypackage -K
> > > > > 6. Erro: bash: ./pre-inst-env: No such file or directory
> > > > >
> > > > > But there is pre-inst-env.in only. The script pre-inst-env not 
> > > > > exist
> > > > > in repository. So where is pre-inst-env?
> > > >
> > > > You have to build guix before you can run it.  See
> > > > doc/contributing.texi, especially the "Building from Git" section.
> > > > Also, you should pass --localstatedir=/var to ./configure.
> > > >
> > > >      Mark
> > >
> > > I tried again, follow README file but there's a error (dot command?)
> > > when I run "make":
> > >
> > > /bin/sh /home/dani/Desktop/development/git/guix/build-aux/missing dot
> > > -Tpng -Gratio=.9 -Gnodesep=.005 -Granksep=.00005 -Nfontsize=9
> > > -Nheight=.1 -Nwidth=.1 < "doc/images/bootstrap-graph.dot" >
> > > "doc/images/bootstrap-graph.png.tmp"
> > > /home/dani/Desktop/development/git/guix/build-aux/missing: line 81:
> > > dot: command not found
> >
> > 'dot' is part of the graphviz package, which is listed as a required
> > package in the "Building from Git" section that I cited above.
> >
> >       Mark
>
> Hi Guix,
>
> After:
> -clone Guix repository -> ok
> -Read README and install requirements -> ok
> -guix environment guix -> ok
> -./configure --with-libgcrypt-prefix=$HOME/.guix-profile/ -> ok
> -make -> ok
> -make check -> error: FAIL: tests/lint.scm
>
> I tried again build (./pre-inst-env guix build ipcalc -K): guix build:
> error: failed to connect to
> `/usr/local/var/guix/daemon-socket/socket': No such file or directory


You need to run the guix daemon [1], but before create as root the guix 
builders [2]:

# groupadd --system guix-builder
# for i in `seq 1 10`;
  do
    useradd -g guix-builder -G guix-builder           \
            -d /var/empty -s `which nologin`          \
            -c "Guix build user $i" --system          \
            guix-builder$i;
  done

The guix-daemon program may then be run as root with:

# guix-daemon --build-users-group=guix-builder

Also don't forget to add hydra pub key as discribed in [3]:

# guix archive --authorize < hydra.gnu.org.pub

[1] 
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Invoking-guix_002ddaemon
[2] 
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Build-Environment-Setup
[3] 
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Binary-Installation