Re: Help packaging ArrayFire

[B. Wilson]

Adam Faiz <adam.faiz@disroot.org> wrote:
> On 8/20/23 19:35, B. Wilson wrote:
> > Hello Guix,
> > 
> > Knee deep in CMake hell here and would appreciate a helping hand. ArrayFire
> > build is defeating me:
> > 
> >     CMake Error at 
> > /gnu/store/ygab8v4ci9iklaykapq52bfsshpvi8pw-cmake-minimal-3.24.2/share/cmake-3.24/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake:3269
> >  (message):
> >       error: could not find git for fetch of af_forge-populate
> >     Call Stack (most recent call first):
> >       
> > /gnu/store/ygab8v4ci9iklaykapq52bfsshpvi8pw-cmake-minimal-3.24.2/share/cmake-3.24/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake:4171
> >  (_ep_add_update_command)
> >       CMakeLists.txt:13 (ExternalProject_Add)
> > 
> > Apparently, some of the build dependencies get automatically cloned, but I'm
> > unable to make heads or tails of how to work around this. The
> > `af_forge-populate` makes it look like it's related to Forge, but "ArrayFire
> > also requires Forge but this is a submodule and will be checkout during
> > submodule initilization stage. AF_BUILD_FORGE cmake option has to be turned 
> > on
> > to build graphics support," so I'm stumped.
> > 
> > I need this soon for a project and am willing to pay someone to take this 
> > over.
> > 
> > Here are the official build instructions: 
> > https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire/wiki/Build-Instructions-for-Linux
> > 
> > In fact, there's a 2016 thread where Dennis Mungai claims to have 
> > successfully
> > gotten ArrayFire packaged on Guix: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/23055. 
> > However,
> > that appears to have never resulted in a patch.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> I'm willing to work on this, it's a very interesting challenge.

Beautiful! Keep me posted, and let me know if there's anything I can help with.

Cheers,
B. Wilson