Re: Building Package and autoreconf not found

[Tomas Volf]

On 2023-10-23 15:12:59 -0400, Jesse Millwood wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to write a Guix package but I have to add a build phase to the
> gnu build system.
> 
> I have the following package scm:
> 
> (use-modules
>  (guix packages)
>  (guix git-download)
>  (guix licenses)
>  (guix profiles)
>  (guix build-system gnu)
>  (guix build-system python)
>  (guix build utils))
> 
> 
> (package
>  (name "crosstool-ng")
>  (version "1.26.0")
>  (source (origin
>           (method git-fetch)
>           (uri (git-reference
>                 (url "https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng.git";)
>                 (commit (string-append "crosstool-ng-" version))))
>           (sha256
>            (base32
> "04z7zwhxfbjqrd4j16lviilppsd8phwi8zv2rs4jpkmqni6856j1")
>            )
>           ))
>  (build-system gnu-build-system)
>  (arguments
>   '(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
>                             (add-before 'configure 'bootstrap
>                                         (lambda* (#:key outputs
> #:allow-other-keys)
>                                                  (invoke "./bootstrap"))))))
>  (synopsis "A versatile (cross-)toolchain generator.")
>  (description "A versatile (cross-)toolchain generator.")
>  (home-page "https://crosstool-ng.github.io/docs/";)
>  (license gpl3+)
>  )
> 
> 
> I need to call the "bootstrap" script before the configure phase. From what
> I can tell from the log the bootstrap script is called, however I get the
> following error:
> 
> INFO  :: *** Gathering the list of data files to install
> INFO  :: *** Running autoreconf
> ./bootstrap: line 835: autoreconf: command not found
> INFO  :: *** Done!
> phase `bootstrap' succeeded after 105.5 seconds
> 
> My understanding that the autotools tools were included in the "guix
> build-system gnu" module. Is there some way I have to provide my bootstrap
> phase with the autotools packages?

I believe autoreconf is not usually required for building packages from a
distribution archive.  Try to add autoconf into a native-inputs.

> 
> 
> For some background, this is my first time using guix and guile so I'm am
> kind of banging my head through the manual but I got a little stuck here.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>

T.

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