Re: guile-hall error on probably every command

[Zelphir Kaltstahl]

Hi Alex!

Sounds great! No stress! I'll try it when it is there.

I still have a project, which I would like to publish on GUIX package
manager and I guess guile-hall can help me with that.

Regards,
Zelphir

On 11.06.20 23:22, Alex Sassmannshausen wrote:
> Hi Zelphir,
>
> Always nice to hear someone is interested in Hall!  Sorry you ran into
> this issue though :-(
>
> Aleix and Tomas rightly point out the issue is caused by the regexp
> used in guile-config.  Aleix provided a merge request fixing the issue,
> but as you correctly point out, I have not rolled a new release yet.
>
> I will attempt to release a new version this weekend and push the new
> release to Guix.
>
> I'll make an announcement when it's done!
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Alex
>
> On Thu, 2020-06-11 at 20:59 +0200, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote:
>> Hi Guile users!
>>
>> I was about to follow the guile-hall tutorial posted on the list
>> today,
>> but unfortunately, I get an error the first time I need to input a
>> guile-hall command:
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~
>> xiaolong@xlx200:~/dev/Guile/guile-hall-example-project$ hall init
>> dummy --author="Red Nose Hacker" --license="gpl3+" --prefix="guile"
>> --execute
>> guile: warning: failed to install locale
>> Backtrace:
>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>>   1736:10  9 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _)
>> In unknown file:
>>            8 (apply-smob/0 #<thunk 7feae8a4f9a0>)
>> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>>     718:2  7 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-
>> handle?>)
>> In ice-9/eval.scm:
>>     619:8  6 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7feae866df00>)))
>>    293:34  5 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7feae866df00>) ("/?"
>> ?)))
>> In config.scm:
>>     62:13  4 (getopt-config-auto _ _)
>>    106:22  3 (getopt-config-x ("/gnu/store/3ip3nm2kjv046v37gi1wy?" ?)
>> ?)
>> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>>    836:15  2 (any1 #<procedure 7feae6fd6c40 at config.scm:106:27 (t?>
>> ?)
>> In ice-9/regex.scm:
>>    131:12  1 (string-match "^-[a-Z]*h[a-Z]*$|^--help$"
>> "/gnu/store/3?")
>> In unknown file:
>>            0 (make-regexp "^-[a-Z]*h[a-Z]*$|^--help$")
>>
>> ERROR: In procedure make-regexp:
>> In procedure make-regexp: Invalid range end
>> ~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Here are my versions:
>>
>> Guile:
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~
>> xiaolong@xlx200:~/dev/Guile/guile-hall-example-project$ guile --
>> version
>> guile (GNU Guile) 3.0.2
>> Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>>
>> License LGPLv3+: GNU LGPL 3 or later <
>> http://gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>;.
>> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
>> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
>> ~~~~~~~~
>>
>> guile-hall: errors. But it is installed through GUIX package manager,
>> so
>> it is version:
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~
>> xiaolong@xlx200:~/dev/Guile/guile-hall-example-project$ guix search
>> guile-hall
>> guile: warning: failed to install locale
>> name: guile-hall
>> version: 0.3.1
>> outputs: out
>> systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux
>> dependencies: autoconf@2.69 automake@1.16.2 guile-config@0.4.1 
>> guile@3.0.2 pkg-config@0.29.2
>> + texinfo@6.7
>> location:
>> ]8;;file://xlx200/gnu/store/xcyarhvbxz5m3l6yvarryx5wm10j9j4k-guix-
>> module-union/share/guile/site/3.0/gnu/packages/guile-
>> xyz.scmgnu/packages/guile-xyz.scm:1441:2]8;;
>> homepage: https://gitlab.com/a-sassmannshausen/guile-hall
>> license: ]8;;https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.htmlGPL 3+]8;;
>> synopsis: Guile project tooling  
>> description: Hall is a command-line application and a set of Guile
>> libraries that allow you to
>> + quickly create and publish Guile projects.  It allows you to
>> transparently support the GNU build
>> + system, manage a project hierarchy & provides tight coupling to
>> Guix.
>> relevance: 20
>> ~~~~~~~~
>>
>> Any ideas, what could be the problem with my guile-hall?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Zelphir
>>