[debbugs-tracker] bug#33330: closed (Hurd failing to build)

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> Hurd failing to build
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> Fri, 09 Nov 2018 17:47:16 -0600
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> Hi all,
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> I know that the hurd is not supported on Guix at the moment. I was
> trying to give it a try in spite of that, and it is failing to build.
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> I am sure that this is a known issue, but I could not find any
> referencing issues of recent on debbugs.
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> building /gnu/store/83vrxqm3xcwj9sn0kkbgaar4g7ac21ck-hurd-0.9.drv...
> builder for `/gnu/store/83vrxqm3xcwj9sn0kkbgaar4g7ac21ck-hurd-0.9.drv' failed 
> with exit code 1
> build of /gnu/store/83vrxqm3xcwj9sn0kkbgaar4g7ac21ck-hurd-0.9.drv failed
> View build log at 
> '/var/log/guix/drvs/83/vrxqm3xcwj9sn0kkbgaar4g7ac21ck-hurd-0.9.drv.bz2'.
> guix system: error: build failed: build of 
> `/gnu/store/83vrxqm3xcwj9sn0kkbgaar4g7ac21ck-hurd-0.9.drv' failed
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>   guix 03a4153
>     repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>     branch: master
>     commit: 03a415365a1cfcc263f56d309f33a1a581790ca7
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> Best,
> Brett Gilio
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> Sun, 18 Nov 2018 23:47:50 +0100
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> Hi Manolis & Brett,
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> Manolis Ragkousis <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > On 11/11/18 6:44 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> >> Hello Brett,
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> >> Brett Gilio <address@hidden> skribis:
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> >>> checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> >>> configure: error: this is the gnu os, host cannot be linux-gnu
> >>> *** Host configuration must be `MACHINE-gnu' or `MACHINE-VENDOR-gnu'.
> >>> *** To cross-compile, you must specify both --host and --build;
> >>> *** for example `--build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-gnu'.
> >>> *** Run ./configure --help for more information.
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> >> To put it differently, the Hurd cannot be built natively on GNU/Linux.
> >> You can cross-build the Hurd from GNU/Linux with something like:
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> >>   guix build hurd --target=i586-pc-gnu
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> >> … though I seem to remember even that is broken in current master.
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> > Yes, I am currently trying to fix this.
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> I’ve taken care of that on ‘core-updates’, which will hopefully be
> merged within a week or so:
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> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?h=core-updates&id=2d546858b139e5fcf2cbdf9958a17fd98803ac4c
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> On that branch, you can run, say:
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>   guix build sed --target=i586-pc-gnu
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> and you get a GNU/Hurd binary.  \o/
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> Ludo’.
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