Re: Unable to find file "ice-9/boot-9.scm" in load path

[Helge Kruse]

Am 02.02.2012 19:18, schrieb Ralph Palmer:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Helge Kruse<address@hidden>wrote:
>
> > I think this is better in the bug mailing list. Thererfore I sent it here
> > again.
> >
> > I try to follow the instructions on this page:
> > http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/**Documentation/extending/**
> > scheme-sandbox.html<http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.14/Documentation/extending/scheme-sandbox.html>
> >
> > Unfortunately I get an error message, when I try to start guile.exe:
> >   ERROR: In procedure primitive-load-path:
> >   ERROR: Unable to find file "ice-9/boot-9.scm" in load path
> >
> > The PATH contains the path to Lilypond: "C:\Program Files
> > (x86)\LilyPond\usr\bin". So I am sure that I use this copy of Lilypond.
> >
> > The documentation mentions that I have to add an environment variable
> > C:\>  set GUILE_LOAD_PATH="../usr/shr/**guile/1.8"
> > -- same error
> > The same appears with each of these settings:
> > GUILE_LOAD_PATH="../usr/shr/**guile/1.8"
> > GUILE_LOAD_PATH="C:/Program Files (x86)/LilyPond/usr/shr/guile/**1.8"
> > GUILE_LOAD_PATH="C:/Program Files (x86)/LilyPond/usr/share/**guile/1.8"
> > GUILE_LOAD_PATH="C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\share\**guile\1.8"
> >
> > Let's check if the directory in GUILE_LOAD_PATH is valid:
> > C:\>  dir /b %GUILE_LOAD_PATH%\ice-9\bo*
> > boot-9.scm
> >
> > Now I am convinced that the GUILE_LOAD_PATH is correct. But I failed to
> > start the GUILE prompt. Is there something that I have missed? Is there a
> > way to learn Scheme with my Lilypond 2.14.2?
> >
> > I am running Lilypond on Windows-7 (64bit) German.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Helge
>
> Greetings, Helge -
>
> I am running LilyPond 1.14.2 under Windows XP SP3. I can run LY, and cannot
> duplicate your error. I've copied it back to the user list, since I cannot
> confirm the problem as a bug. Can anyone out there help Helge?
>
> Take care,
>
> Ralph
Hello Ralph,

thanks for trying to reproducing the bug.

Well, it's still a bug. When I run guile.exe as administrator it 
succeeds. But running guile.exe as a user without administrative rights 
it fails to load boot-9.scm.

You can see here what happens when the GUILE_LOAD_PATH is set to 
"SHARE\GUILE\1.8"
This is intentionally in capital letters. The windows O/S doesn't care 
but you can see, when this variable has been used.

Administrator:
CreateFile C:\Program Files (x86)\LilyPond\usr\share\guile\1.8 --> SUCCESS
There are some additional file open operations but you can see, that the 
variable GUILE_LOAD_PATH has *not* been used to resolve the valid load path.

Non-adminstrative user (Helge):
CreateFile C:\Users\Helge\SHARE\GUILE\1.8\ --> PATH NOT FOUND
CreateFile C:\usr\share\guile\site\ --> PATH NOT FOUND
CreateFile C:\usr\share\guile\1.8\ --> PATH NOT FOUND
CreateFile C:\usr\share\guile\ --> PATH NOT FOUND
CreateFile C:\Users\Helge\share\guile\1.8\ --> PATH NOT FOUND
CreateFile C:\Users\Helge\SHARE\GUILE\1.8\ice-9\ --> PATH NOT FOUND

So the bug is: GUILE_LOAD_PATH is appended to the home directory of the 
non-adminstrative user instead of either append it to the directory 
where guile.exe is started or using it as an absolute path.

Workaround: When you set GUILE_LOAD_PATH to the following value, you can 
run guile.exe as non-administrative user:
..\..\PROGRAM FILES (x86)\LILYPOND\USR\SHARE\GUILE\1.8
(must not be surrounded by "")


Regards,
Helge