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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-07-28 17:38:19 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2017-08-02 00:04:00 +0200
commit59a16275189f55ddd692b0ea5b415c706fa1fd69 (patch)
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pull: Fetch source code from Git.
* guix/scripts/pull.scm (%snapshot-url, with-environment-variable) (with-PATH): Remove. (ensure-guile-git!): New procedure. (%repository-url): New variable. (%default-options): Add 'repository-url' and 'ref'. (show-help, %options): Add '--commit' and '--url'. (temporary-directory, first-directory, interned-then-deleted) (unpack): Remove. (build-from-source): Rename 'tarball' to 'source'. Remove call to 'unpack'. (build-and-install): Rename 'tarball' to 'source'. (honor-lets-encrypt-certificates!, report-git-error): New procedures. (with-git-error-handling): New macro. (guix-pull)[fetch-tarball]: Remove. Wrap body in 'with-git-error-handling'. Rewrite to use 'latest-repository-commit'. * build-aux/build-self.scm (build): Print an error message and exit when GUILE-GIT is #f. * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix pull): Mention Git. Document '--commit' and '--branch'.
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@@ -224,6 +224,23 @@ files."
(current-error-port)
(%make-void-port "w")))))
+ (unless guile-git
+ ;; XXX: Guix before February 2017 lacks a 'guile-git' package altogether.
+ ;; If we try to upgrade anyway, the logic in (guix scripts pull) will not
+ ;; build (guix git), which will leave us with an unusable 'guix pull'. To
+ ;; avoid that, fail early.
+ (format (current-error-port)
+ "\
+Your installation is too old and lacks a '~a' package.
+Please upgrade to an intermediate version first, for instance with:
+
+ guix pull --url=https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/snapshot/v0.13.0.tar.gz
+\n"
+ (match (effective-version)
+ ("2.0" "guile2.0-git")
+ (_ "guile-git")))
+ (exit 1))
+
(mlet %store-monad ((guile (guile-for-build)))
(gexp->derivation "guix-latest" builder
#:modules '((guix build pull)