bug#43893: [PATCH v3] maint: update-guix-package: Prevent accidentally breaking guix pull.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Maxim,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:

> The original problem was about the updated Guix package containing a
> faulty hash (due to being computed from a uncontrolled checkout that
> could be dirty).  The other concern about preventing the use of a not
> yet published commit was added based on earlier feedback.
>
>> above.  The trick at “Re-add SOURCE” is here precisely to prevent
>> attempts to re-download, as the comment explains, and this is what has
>> been causing these troubles.
>>
>> The advantages (to me) would have been simpler code, no shelling out to
>> ‘git’, and no fiddling with files under $PWD.
>
> Less code would also mean poorer diagnostics:
>
> time ./pre-inst-env guix build guix -S
> The following derivation will be built:
>    
> /gnu/store/zhfchz831mncd2kyqmh5d2q0r2rpg57s-guix-1.1.0-31.07c13ae-checkout.drv
> building 
> /gnu/store/zhfchz831mncd2kyqmh5d2q0r2rpg57s-guix-1.1.0-31.07c13ae-checkout.drv...
> guile: warning: failed to install locale
> environment variable `PATH' set to 
> `/gnu/store/378zjf2kgajcfd7mfr98jn5xyc5wa3qv-gzip-1.10/bin:/gnu/store/sf3rbvb6iqcphgm1afbplcs72hsywg25-tar-1.32/bin'
> Initialized empty Git repository in 
> /gnu/store/02da8jb3wzzi3bqvrl214gdg0kkxmaf8-guix-1.1.0-31.07c13ae-checkout/.git/
> error: Server does not allow request for unadvertised object 
> 07c13aeb5abb1a5bc3cabffb9b2212993a0d5a0e
> Failed to do a shallow fetch; retrying a full fetch...
> From https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix
>  * [new branch]      core-updates            -> origin/core-updates
> [...]
>  * [new tag]               v1.1.0rc2               -> v1.1.0rc2
> fatal: reference is not a tree: 07c13aeb5abb1a5bc3cabffb9b2212993a0d5a0e
> git-fetch: 
> '/gnu/store/i5b1vv7qc6l2gi4xwa9mqzjy3shvgk30-git-minimal-2.28.0/bin/git 
> checkout 07c13aeb5abb1a5bc3cabffb9b2212993a0d5a0e' failed with exit code 128
> Trying content-addressed mirror at berlin.guix.gnu.org...
> Trying content-addressed mirror at berlin.guix.gnu.org...
> Trying to download from Software Heritage...
> builder for 
> `/gnu/store/zhfchz831mncd2kyqmh5d2q0r2rpg57s-guix-1.1.0-31.07c13ae-checkout.drv'
>  failed to produce output path 
> `/gnu/store/02da8jb3wzzi3bqvrl214gdg0kkxmaf8-guix-1.1.0-31.07c13ae-checkout'
> build of 
> /gnu/store/zhfchz831mncd2kyqmh5d2q0r2rpg57s-guix-1.1.0-31.07c13ae-checkout.drv
>  failed
> View build log at 
> '/var/log/guix/drvs/zh/fchz831mncd2kyqmh5d2q0r2rpg57s-guix-1.1.0-31.07c13ae-checkout.drv.bz2'.
> guix build: error: build of 
> `/gnu/store/zhfchz831mncd2kyqmh5d2q0r2rpg57s-guix-1.1.0-31.07c13ae-checkout.drv'
>  failed
>
> real    1m42.825s
> user    0m2.191s
> sys     0m0.189s
>
> This took nearly 2 minutes, fetching the full Guix git repo just to tell
> me that *something* is not right.
>
> Currently, we have:
>
> time make update-guix-package
> git rev-parse HEAD
> 4893a1394e2eb8b97995b491f2f37ed85513a20f
> ./pre-inst-env 
> "/gnu/store/i7z4pfa0c22q0qkxyl7fy2nlp3w658yg-profile/bin/guile"               
>    \
>    ./build-aux/update-guix-package.scm  \
>    "`git rev-parse HEAD`"
> error: Commit 4893a1394e2eb8b97995b491f2f37ed85513a20f is not pushed 
> upstream.  Aborting.
> make: *** [Makefile:6507: update-guix-package] Error 1

I agree that the better diagnostic is nice.  Though it’s a script that’s
essentially for a handful of people, who can certainly cope with the
ugly error.

Anyway, I think we didn’t analyze the initial situation well enough
(myself included, by not commenting early and accurately).  I’m also not
fond of the added complexity and the risk of surprises when we make the
release, but OTOH, it’s no big deal in the big picture!

>> BTW, in ‘make release’ does ‘make update-guix-package’ and expects it to
>> work with a not-pushed-yet commit.  So it’s a case where we need
>> GUIX_ALLOW_ME_TO_USE_PRIVATE_COMMIT=yes.
>
> Ah, good point.  I'd like to fix this,

It’s mostly about setting this variable at the right place in
Makefile.am.

> but running 'make release', it fails on:
>
> make[3]: *** No rule to make target 'po/doc/guix-manual.pot', needed by
> 'distdir-am'.  Stop.
>
> What did I miss?

Probably you need ./bootstrap to generate the POT files.

Thanks,
Ludo’.