Re: What is guix-package-cache ?

[Edouard Klein]

Hi Tobias,


Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes:

> Afternoon Edouard,
>
> Edouard Klein 写道：
>> I don't understand why guix feels the need to try to build it.
>
> So Guix isn't trying to build any packages (yet), just complaining that you're
> still using python2-prompt-toolkit-1 somewhere.  I'm inclined to believe it:
>
>> The log says:
>> (repl-version 0 1 1)
>> Generating package cache for
>> '/gnu/store/zdv0j5x5dfwr4b6bh8jc9vp818lvd38g-profile'...
>> (exception unbound-variable (value #f) (value "Unbound variable: ~S") (value
>> (python2-prompt-toolkit-1)) (value #f))
>
> Does ‘find -name \*.scm -exec grep python2-prompt-toolkit-1 {} +’ in your
> channel's directory return anything useful?
>

It does, it turns out that two packages are still using
python2-prompt-toolkit-1. I was certain that I grepped that to make sure
but I obviously messed up somehow.

Thank you very much for your help, and my apologies for the noise.


> Are there any uncommitted changes to your channel(s) that ‘guix pull’ can't 
> see
> yet?
>
>> I grepped for 'guix-package-cache' and tried to read the code in
>> guix/channels.scm, but I don't understand.
>
> It's a simple cache of package metadata from your channel(s) to speed up 
> future
> Guix operations.  I doubt it's related to your problem; it's just what 
> happened
> to fail first.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R