GNU bug report logs - #40783
GNU FreeFont silent build failure

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From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: GNU FreeFont silent build failure
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:51:26 -0400

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The GNU FreeFont package is still using system* instead of invoke in its
install phase, and this is failing silently:

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mkdir /gnu/store/1nfp73g3s15dhpqjrbfsihk7jrcbbl1p-font-gnu-freefont-20120503/share/doc/font-gnu-freefont-20120503
cp -a README AUTHORS CREDITS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL  /gnu/store/1nfp73g3s15dhpqjrbfsihk7jrcbbl1p-font-gnu-freefont-20120503/share/doc/font-gnu-freefont-20120503
cp -a notes/usage.txt /gnu/store/1nfp73g3s15dhpqjrbfsihk7jrcbbl1p-font-gnu-freefont-20120503/share/doc/font-gnu-freefont-20120503/USAGE
cp -a notes/troubleshooting.txt /gnu/store/1nfp73g3s15dhpqjrbfsihk7jrcbbl1p-font-gnu-freefont-20120503/share/doc/font-gnu-freefont-20120503/TROUBLESHOOTING
tar czvf freefont-ttf-20200422.tar.gz freefont-20200422/
tar: freefont-20200422: Cannot stat: No such file or directory
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
make: *** [Makefile:64: ttftar] Error 2
phase `install' succeeded after 0.2 seconds
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Notice that it is using the current date. It doesn't work to use the
Unix epoch or the version of the package: 20120503 (see attached).

We should figure out what this is trying to accomplish, fix it, and
switch to invoke.

The fonts are getting installed AFAICT.

[0001-gnu-GNU-FreeFont-Add-otf-and-woff-font-formats.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[source-date-epoch-snippet (text/plain, attachment)]

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