Hello, The following patch series updates python-vedo to its latest version, and also adds support for the #:tests? flag to fenics-dolfin, fenics and python-vedo. Unfortunately, I can't get fenics or python-vedo to build except by deleting the sanity-check phase, and this even before applying any of my patches. (I've confirmed that my patches are correct by testing the builds without sanity-checks, so applying them shouldn't be an issue.) The following is the sanity-check error obtained when building fenics: starting phase `sanity-check' validating 'fenics-dolfin' /gnu/store/lkb8mx8dk82znkzfgnx1k1mklaj9b34d-fenics-2019.1.0.post0/lib/python3.9/site-packages ...checking requirements: ERROR: fenics-dolfin==2019.1.0 ContextualVersionConflict(pybind11 2.8.1 (/gnu/store/qmxw9dqqywrlllzlidv09f2nazirjwk7-pybind11-2.8.1/lib/python3.9/site-packages), Requirement.parse('pybind11==2.2.4'), {'fenics-dolfin'}) error: in phase 'sanity-check': uncaught exception: %exception #<&invoke-error program: "python" arguments: ("/gnu/store/35ix1m6m8a5s21j02ajhdyqxb2xkshfb-sanity-check.py" "/gnu/store/lkb8mx8dk82znkzfgnx1k1mklaj9b34d-fenics-2019.1.0.post0/lib/python3.9/site-packages") exit-status: 1 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f> phase `sanity-check' failed after 0.2 seconds Note that it complains that pybind11 is not at version 2.2.4, but when fenics was last updated (in commit 37bb0d1eafb3f08a204aed8c928cbf7cbc69cd19), the version of pybind11 at the time was 2.3.0, so this would appear to be either a new issue, or an issue specific to my machine (foreign distro). The sanity-check errors from vedo are similarly bizarre -- they complain about a missing vtk, but it is there in the propagated inputs. With old version of python-vedo: starting phase `sanity-check' validating 'vedo' /gnu/store/4h10widg2y0nhvacz8mricn187qzw9dq-python-vedo-2021.0.3/lib/python3.9/site-packages ...checking requirements: ERROR: vedo==2021.0.3 DistributionNotFound(Requirement.parse('vtk'), {'vedo'}) error: in phase 'sanity-check': uncaught exception: %exception #<&invoke-error program: "python" arguments: ("/gnu/store/35ix1m6m8a5s21j02ajhdyqxb2xkshfb-sanity-check.py" "/gnu/store/4h10widg2y0nhvacz8mricn187qzw9dq-python-vedo-2021.0.3/lib/python3.9/site-packages") exit-status: 1 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f> phase `sanity-check' failed after 0.2 seconds With updated version of python-vedo (i.e., including the python-deprecated propagated input): starting phase `sanity-check' validating 'vedo' /gnu/store/a6g20gkvi1l70arh2rm53x7gm30dzqcp-python-vedo-2022.2.0/lib/python3.9/site-packages ...checking requirements: ERROR: vedo==2022.2.0 DistributionNotFound(Requirement.parse('vtk<9.1.0'), {'vedo'}) error: in phase 'sanity-check': uncaught exception: %exception #<&invoke-error program: "python" arguments: ("/gnu/store/35ix1m6m8a5s21j02ajhdyqxb2xkshfb-sanity-check.py" "/gnu/store/a6g20gkvi1l70arh2rm53x7gm30dzqcp-python-vedo-2022.2.0/lib/python3.9/site-packages") exit-status: 1 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f> phase `sanity-check' failed after 0.2 seconds The latest commit of fenics (there isn't a newer release than the one included in Guix) no longer requires a specific version of pybind11 [1], and in addition, it seems the focus is on the dolfinx project [2] rather than dolfin (dolfin is already considered legacy [3]), so perhaps it would be worth updating the fenics package to the latest git commit. That wouldn't solve the problem python-vedo's sanity-check is encountering, though. Any help would be appreciated. Best regards, Paul [1]: https://bitbucket.org/fenics-project/dolfin/src/d29e24d19eab5200a55e43a3e18e1f38214fb5a8/python/setup.py#lines-22) [2]: https://github.com/FEniCS/dolfinx [3]: https://fenicsproject.org/ Paul A. Patience (5): gnu: fenics-dolfin: Honor #:tests? flag. gnu: fenics: Honor #:tests? flag. gnu: python-vedo: Honor #:tests? flag. gnu: python-vedo: Remove input labels. gnu: python-vedo: Update to 2022.2.0. gnu/packages/python-science.scm | 35 ++++++++++++++++---------------- gnu/packages/simulation.scm | 36 +++++++++++++++++---------------- 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) -- 2.35.1