maxima x86_64/linux build failure

> Running guix overlaid on Debian 9 amd64. Ran guix pull && guix package -u. Ran guix install wxmaxima. Build fails with

>

> / 'configure' phasebuilder for `/gnu/store/m5r9y68mhya0kv828mp62y28bfm0lrmv-maxima-5.42.2.drv' failed with exit code 1

> build of /gnu/store/m5r9y68mhya0kv828mp62y28bfm0lrmv-maxima-5.42.2.drv failed

> View build log at '/var/log/guix/drvs/m5/r9y68mhya0kv828mp62y28bfm0lrmv-maxima-5.42.2.drv.bz2'.

>

> Last lines of build log are

>

> checking for gcl... true

> checking for iconv... true

> checking for recode... false

> configure: error: unable to run gcl executable "gcl".

> Backtrace:

> 4 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/8n7mpp0l8rqv26gxr9hg9aj3ax4…")

> In ice-9/eval.scm:

> 191:35 3 (_ _)

> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:

> 863:16 2 (every1 #<procedure 782420 at /gnu/store/gfprsx2m62cvq…> …)

> In /gnu/store/gfprsx2m62cvqbh7ysc9ay9slhijvmal-module-import/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm:

> 799:28 1 (_ _)

> In /gnu/store/gfprsx2m62cvqbh7ysc9ay9slhijvmal-module-import/guix/build/utils.scm:

> 616:6 0 (invoke _ . _)

>

> /gnu/store/gfprsx2m62cvqbh7ysc9ay9slhijvmal-module-import/guix/build/utils.scm:616:6: In procedure invoke:

> Throw to key `srfi-34' with args `(#<condition &invoke-error [program: "/gnu/store/q19l04vd2za80mk1845pz7r8cz29qk43-bash-minimal-4.4.23/bin/bash" arguments: ("./configure" "CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/q19l04vd2za80mk1845pz7r8cz29qk43-bash-minimal-4.4.23/bin/bash"

> "SHELL=/gnu/store/q19l04vd2za80mk1845pz7r8cz29qk43-bash-minimal-4.4.23/bin/bash" "--prefix=/gnu/store/3ihrqrdsq6r4n69nvaznbvcqni38c968-maxima-5.42.2" "--enable-fast-install" "--build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" "--enable-gcl"

> "--with-posix-shell=/gnu/store/q19l04vd2za80mk1845pz7r8cz29qk43-bash-minimal-4.4.23/bin/sh" "--with-wish=/gnu/store/2zl6wcliyd2ny8w73h77vk8bn4x91b7x-tk-8.6.8/bin/wish8.6") exit-status: 1 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f] 8a0d40>)'.

> configure: error: unable to run gcl executable "gcl".

> Hey Christopher,

>

> Christopher Howard <christopher@librehacker.com> writes:

>

> > Running guix overlaid on Debian 9 amd64. Ran guix pull && guix

> > package -u. Ran guix install wxmaxima. Build fails with

> >

> > / 'configure' phasebuilder for

> > `/gnu/store/m5r9y68mhya0kv828mp62y28bfm0lrmv-maxima-5.42.2.drv'

> > failed with exit code 1

> > build of /gnu/store/m5r9y68mhya0kv828mp62y28bfm0lrmv-maxima-

> > 5.42.2.drv failed

> > View build log at

> > '/var/log/guix/drvs/m5/r9y68mhya0kv828mp62y28bfm0lrmv-maxima-

> > 5.42.2.drv.bz2'.

> >

> > Last lines of build log are

> >

> > checking for gcl... true

> > checking for iconv... true

> > checking for recode... false

> > configure: error: unable to run gcl executable "gcl".

> > Backtrace:

> >            4 (primitive-load

> > "/gnu/store/8n7mpp0l8rqv26gxr9hg9aj3ax4…")

> > In ice-9/eval.scm:

> >    191:35  3 (_ _)

> > In srfi/srfi-1.scm:

> >    863:16  2 (every1 #<procedure 782420 at

> > /gnu/store/gfprsx2m62cvq…> …)

> > In /gnu/store/gfprsx2m62cvqbh7ysc9ay9slhijvmal-module-

> > import/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm:

> >    799:28  1 (_ _)

> > In /gnu/store/gfprsx2m62cvqbh7ysc9ay9slhijvmal-module-

> > import/guix/build/utils.scm:

> >     616:6  0 (invoke _ . _)

> >

> > /gnu/store/gfprsx2m62cvqbh7ysc9ay9slhijvmal-module-

> > import/guix/build/utils.scm:616:6: In procedure invoke:

> > Throw to key `srfi-34' with args `(#<condition &invoke-error

> > [program: "/gnu/store/q19l04vd2za80mk1845pz7r8cz29qk43-bash-

> > minimal-4.4.23/bin/bash" arguments: ("./configure"

> > "CONFIG_SHELL=/gnu/store/q19l04vd2za80mk1845pz7r8cz29qk43-bash-

> > minimal-4.4.23/bin/bash"

> > "SHELL=/gnu/store/q19l04vd2za80mk1845pz7r8cz29qk43-bash-minimal-

> > 4.4.23/bin/bash" "

> > --prefix=/gnu/store/3ihrqrdsq6r4n69nvaznbvcqni38c968-maxima-5.42.2"

> > "--enable-fast-install" "--build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" "

> > --enable-gcl"

> > "--with-posix-shell=/gnu/store/q19l04vd2za80mk1845pz7r8cz29qk43-

> > bash-minimal-4.4.23/bin/sh" "--with-

> > wish=/gnu/store/2zl6wcliyd2ny8w73h77vk8bn4x91b7x-tk-

> > 8.6.8/bin/wish8.6") exit-status: 1 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f]

> > 8a0d40>)'.

>

> This looks like a duplicate of [0].  The build fails because

> gcl segfaults on invocation.  That's where

>

> > configure: error: unable to run gcl executable "gcl".

>

> comes from.

>

> This bug has recently been fixed (I'm currently on commit ee6bfff

> from

> last friday and maxima builds successfully).

>

> The problem in your case seems to be, that the guix you invoked when

> running `guix install wxmaxima' (and `guix package -u') is not the

> one

> you got by running `guix pull' (That's why guix tries to build

> maxima-5.42.2 even though it has recently been updated to

> 5.43.0).  You

> might want to run:

>

>     export PATH="$HOME/.config/guix/current/bin:$PATH"

>

> (See section 4.6 Invoking `guix pull' in the Guix manual).  Or if

> you've

> already done that, it might be necessary to run `hash guix' before

> running `guix package -u' and `guix install wxmaxima' again.

>

> If maxima still fails to build, could you please post the outputs of

> the

> following commands:

>

>     which guix

>     guix describe

>

> Thanks,

>

> Diego

>

> [0]: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/34484

> Thank you. It is now building fine for me.