Re: mediagoblin guix package some outputs are not valid, so checking is not possible

[Ben Sturmfels]

Hi jgart,

I also noticed this error last night and assumed it must have been
because of the changes I'd made, but I just reverted and am still seeing
it, so may have been there for a while. I'd love your help here as this
is a bit over my head. The package seems to build and run ok. It's just
when --check is added that this error shows up.

On the plus side, the package definition is now much more compact,
thanks to your and Raghav's help, so hopefully less places for problems
to hide.

Regards,
Ben

On Sun, 12 Sep 2021, jgart wrote:

> Hi when running `guix build -L . mediagoblin --check`
>
> I get the following error:
>
> ```
> stripping binaries in 
> "/gnu/store/8gdlglv98ilnhjqg25ag63m1n8kcpjkd-mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1/bin" 
> with "strip" and flags ("--strip-debug" "--enable-deterministic-archives")
> phase `strip' succeeded after 0.2 seconds
> starting phase `validate-runpath'
> validating RUNPATH of 0 binaries in 
> "/gnu/store/8gdlglv98ilnhjqg25ag63m1n8kcpjkd-mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1/lib"...
> validating RUNPATH of 0 binaries in 
> "/gnu/store/8gdlglv98ilnhjqg25ag63m1n8kcpjkd-mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1/bin"...
> phase `validate-runpath' succeeded after 0.1 seconds
> starting phase `validate-documentation-location'
> phase `validate-documentation-location' succeeded after 0.0 seconds
> starting phase `delete-info-dir-file'
> phase `delete-info-dir-file' succeeded after 0.0 seconds
> starting phase `patch-dot-desktop-files'
> phase `patch-dot-desktop-files' succeeded after 0.0 seconds
> starting phase `install-license-files'
> installing 2 license files from '.'
> `./licenses/CC0_1.0.txt' -> 
> `/gnu/store/8gdlglv98ilnhjqg25ag63m1n8kcpjkd-mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1/share/doc/mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1/CC0_1.0.txt'
> `./licenses/LGPLv3.txt' -> 
> `/gnu/store/8gdlglv98ilnhjqg25ag63m1n8kcpjkd-mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1/share/doc/mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1/LGPLv3.txt'
> `./licenses/AGPLv3.txt' -> 
> `/gnu/store/8gdlglv98ilnhjqg25ag63m1n8kcpjkd-mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1/share/doc/mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1/AGPLv3.txt'
> phase `install-license-files' succeeded after 0.0 seconds
> starting phase `reset-gzip-timestamps'
> phase `reset-gzip-timestamps' succeeded after 0.0 seconds
> starting phase `compress-documentation'
> phase `compress-documentation' succeeded after 0.0 seconds
> successfully built 
> /gnu/store/g3qf6fskw5mcw6bvvcv3bfk8ibgmn1mq-mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1.drv
> The following graft will be made:
>    /gnu/store/ih60pb601m6xhdhaa3z889ygbq8z6qr3-mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1.drv
> guix build: error: some outputs of 
> `/gnu/store/ih60pb601m6xhdhaa3z889ygbq8z6qr3-mediagoblin-0.12.0.dev.1.drv' 
> are not valid, so checking is not possible
> ```
>
> Just wanted to share that here in case it is helpful later on in debugging 
> related to the package definition.
>
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