bug#63331: closed (Guile-GnuTLS/Git circular dependency)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #63331,
regarding Guile-GnuTLS/Git circular dependency
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> Guile-GnuTLS/Git circular dependency
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> Sat, 06 May 2023 19:20:41 +0200
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> Hi,
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> ‘git-download’ needs to depend on guile-gnutls to implement its fallback
> mechanism (downloading from mirrors or from SWH over HTTPS).  Commit
> c625e5b64d0a6cb7ffbf2ef971d4c990b1f5c5c1 restored this.  However, it
> also introduced a circular dependency: the origin of guile-gnutls relies
> on 'git-download', which would now depend on guile-gnutls.  Thus, I
> reverted it right away.
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> We need to solve that.  For now, the only fix I can think of is having
> ‘guile-gnutls’ built from a “make dist”-provided tarballs.  Apparently
> we can add assets at <https://gitlab.com/gnutls/guile/-/tags>; would you
> like to upload a tarball and accompanying signature, Simon?
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> Unfortunately, that means doing away with all the packaging work by
> Vivien, in particular proper bootstrapping with Gnulib.
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> The longer-term solution is to add a “builtin:git-download” derivation
> builder, just like we have “builtin:download”.  The implementation
> should be relatively easy, but we’ll have to be able to deal with
> daemons that lack this builtin possibly for several years.
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> Thoughts?
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> Ludo’.
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> Re: bug#63331: Guile-GnuTLS/Git circular dependency
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> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
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> > Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
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> >> The longer-term solution is to add a “builtin:git-download” derivation
> >> builder, just like we have “builtin:download”.  The implementation
> >> should be relatively easy, but we’ll have to be able to deal with
> >> daemons that lack this builtin possibly for several years.
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> > Patch available!
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> >   https://issues.guix.gnu.org/65866
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> This was applied in the meantime.  Closing!
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