Re: error message: freetype

[Marek Paśnikowski]

gfp <gfp@posteo.at> writes:

> WARNING: (#{ g574}#): `freetype' imported from both (guix licenses)
> and (gnu packages fontutils)

Regardless of anything else, this warning reveals improper usage of
modules.

1. freetype is a [license object][1].
2. freetype is a [package object][2].

They are two different objects, so rebinding of variables is not
applicable. To resolve this particular warning, a [module prefix][3] should
be used. The [Guix idiom][4] is to (… #:prefix license:).

Hopefully, this resolves the actual error down the line. I have never
seen one like that.

[1]: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/guix/licenses.scm#n388

[2]: 
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/fontutils.scm#n93

[2]: 
https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Using-Guile-Modules.html

[4]: https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/html_node/Extended-example.html