clisp doesn't build on Darwin

[nycnewman]

Issue description

Attempting to install texlive.combined.scheme-full on macOS Sierra fails during clisp compilation step with following message:

Welcome to GNU CLISP 2.49 (2010-07-07) http://clisp.cons.org/

.... lots of messages about loading file xxx.lisp

;; Loading file /private/var/folders/t7/p76q77kx7m55wtpsswwmb8sw0000gn/T/nix-build-clisp-2.49.drv-0/clisp-2.49/builddir/config.lisp ...
;; Loaded file /private/var/folders/t7/p76q77kx7m55wtpsswwmb8sw0000gn/T/nix-build-clisp-2.49.drv-0/clisp-2.49/builddir/config.lisp
Bytes permanently allocated: 182,360
Bytes currently in use: 10,030,400
Bytes available until next GC: 2,507,600
Bye.
mv lispimag.mem interpreted.mem
./lisp.run -B . -N locale -E UTF-8 -Epathname 1:1 -Emisc 1:1 -norc -m 2MW -M interpreted.mem -q -c ../src/compiler.lisp -o ./
;; Compiling file /private/var/folders/t7/p76q77kx7m55wtpsswwmb8sw0000gn/T/nix-build-clisp-2.49.drv-0/clisp-2.49/src/compiler.lisp ...
;; Wrote file /private/var/folders/t7/p76q77kx7m55wtpsswwmb8sw0000gn/T/nix-build-clisp-2.49.drv-0/clisp-2.49/builddir/compiler.fas
0 errors, 0 warnings
*** - handle_fault error2 ! address = 0x106c25ff8 not in [0x200000000,0x200296800) !
SIGSEGV cannot be cured. Fault address = 0x106c25ff8.
GC count: 62
Space collected by GC: 154829416
Run time: 84 163342
Real time: 85 271810
GC time: 0 396006
Permanently allocated: 182360 bytes.
Currently in use: 12672456 bytes.
Free space: 504432 bytes.

*** - handle_fault error2 ! address = 0x10499bf75 not in [0x200000000,0x200296800) !
SIGSEGV cannot be cured. Fault address = 0x10499bf75.
GC count: 62
Space collected by GC: 154829416
Run time: 84 163422
Real time: 85 271892
GC time: 0 396006
Permanently allocated: 182360 bytes.
Currently in use: 12672456 bytes.
Free space: 504432 bytes.
make: *** [Makefile:1817: compiler.fas] Segmentation fault: 11
make: *** Deleting file 'compiler.fas'
builder for ‘/nix/store/qshf5fqyb0wird2bc80m5nivj32277cx-clisp-2.49.drv’ failed with exit code 2
building path(s) ‘/nix/store/kkq647kjq0j4212ayrdglz442ivbv2q0-clrscode-1.7’
cannot build derivation ‘/nix/store/my981psq7c22djikz1s6rl52pqbg7vx0-texlive-xindy.bin-2016.drv’: 1 dependencies couldn't be built
killing process 90918
cannot build derivation ‘/nix/store/9mg8hacnshqqd0hpfpnygac0paflnagm-texlive-combined-full-2016.drv’: 1 dependencies couldn't be built
error: build of ‘/nix/store/9mg8hacnshqqd0hpfpnygac0paflnagm-texlive-combined-full-2016.drv’ failed

Steps to reproduce

Try to install texlive full package on macOS Sierra, i.e.

nix-env -f '' -iA texlive.combined.scheme-full

Technical details

• System: (NixOS: nixos-version, Ubuntu/Fedora: lsb_release -a, ...)
  macOS Sierra 10.12.1 on macBook Pro 16Gb

• Nix version: (run nix-env --version)
  nix-env (Nix) 1.11.4

• Nixpkgs version: (run nix-instantiate --eval '<nixpkgs>' -A lib.nixpkgsVersion)
  "17.03pre94812.3c6e0f1"

[cresh]

I see the same failure:

mv lispimag.mem interpreted.mem
./lisp.run -B . -N locale -E UTF-8 -Epathname 1:1 -Emisc 1:1 -norc -m 2MW -M interpreted.mem -q -c ../src/compiler.lisp -o ./
;; Compiling file /private/tmp/nix-build-clisp-2.49.drv-0/clisp-2.49/src/compiler.lisp ...
;; Wrote file /private/tmp/nix-build-clisp-2.49.drv-0/clisp-2.49/builddir/compiler.fas
0 errors, 0 warnings
*** - handle_fault error2 ! address = 0x10762aff8 not in [0x200000000,0x200292380) !
SIGSEGV cannot be cured. Fault address = 0x10762aff8.
GC count: 62
Space collected by GC: 154558888
Run time: 78 378664
Real time: 79 597395
GC time: 0 430694
Permanently allocated: 182360 bytes.
Currently in use: 12911216 bytes.
Free space: 155888 bytes.

*** - handle_fault error2 ! address = 0x105397f75 not in [0x200000000,0x200292380) !
SIGSEGV cannot be cured. Fault address = 0x105397f75.
GC count: 62
Space collected by GC: 154558888
Run time: 78 378729
Real time: 79 597461
GC time: 0 430694
Permanently allocated: 182360 bytes.
Currently in use: 12911216 bytes.
Free space: 155888 bytes.
make: *** [Makefile:1817: compiler.fas] Segmentation fault: 11 (core dumped)
make: *** Deleting file 'compiler.fas'
builder for ‘/nix/store/qshf5fqyb0wird2bc80m5nivj32277cx-clisp-2.49.drv’ failed with exit code 2
building path(s) ‘/nix/store/39lpwwcrmwwjhnf98aq1pibyhyaarfmg-clock-2016’
cannot build derivation ‘/nix/store/my981psq7c22djikz1s6rl52pqbg7vx0-texlive-xindy.bin-2016.drv’: 1 dependencies couldn't be built
killing process 95909
cannot build derivation ‘/nix/store/9mg8hacnshqqd0hpfpnygac0paflnagm-texlive-combined-full-2016.drv’: 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation ‘/nix/store/6v4wkxv8i8q8ycxk0dgb00sqfq8hxr3b-all.drv’: 1 dependencies couldn't be built
error: build of ‘/nix/store/6v4wkxv8i8q8ycxk0dgb00sqfq8hxr3b-all.drv’ failed

[vcunat]

For now I disabled the xindy binary on Darwin, so any texlive installations should avoid this problem.

[nycnewman]

Thank you! How log do commits generally take to get into latest nixpkgs channel? Is there a way to trace your commit through to the channel? (apologies for the dumb questions....)

[vcunat]

It won't get into a channel yet; see http://howoldis.herokuapp.com/

You can checkout a nixpkgs tree and nix-env -f /path/to/nixpkgs ...

[vcunat]

Maintainers: @7c6f434c @tohl – if you have no idea what to do about it, I suggest to switch clisp.meta.platform = platforms.linux;.

[ghost]

Maintainers: @7c6f434c @tohl – if you have no idea what to do about it, I suggest to switch clisp.meta.platform = platforms.linux;.

The last change switched platforms from linux to unix and tried to fix it on darwin. commit 6f7504d Author: Mike Sperber <[email protected]> Date: Sun Oct 23 16:10:31 2016 +0200 I don't know if it was successful. Maybe Mike Sperber could shed some light on this? I don't have a darwin machine available.

[ghost]

Actually, is it possible that there was a problem with the build slave rather than the clisp package? The build log seems to be cut off: https://hydra.nixos.org/build/44199489/log/tail-reload configure: ** I18N (Common) checking how to remove colons from paths... (cached) echo $x checking for CLISP version... building of ‘/nix/store/9lfq33q56knrd2wabak304gv1wxsgg57-clisp-2.49’ timed out after 7200 seconds of silence

[ghost]

@mikesperber ping

[mikesperber]

Before the change referenced above, CLisp refused to build because some of the dependencies and configuration options were Linux-only. After that, it did.

I'll take a look at this, but it won't be until Saturday.

[vcunat]

Actually, is it possible that there was a problem with the build slave rather than the clisp package?

Apart from Hydra, two people above reported it won't build. It might be an elusive problem that doesn't happen for everyone, but Hydra can reproduce the failure pretty reliably: https://hydra.nixos.org/job/nixpkgs/trunk/clisp.x86_64-darwin/all

[mikesperber]

So I can now reproduce this to the point where it dumps core. This is a longstanding problem that occurs not just on the Mac, and that is fixed in current development builds. Since the release 2.49 in Nix is the latest available and is from 2010, would it be acceptable to change the package to build a current development version? I'd gladly provide that.

[7c6f434c]

I would say that adding a development version should be a definitely good idea, but the latest release should probably be an available option for those who want it.

[Profpatsch]

(triage) has this been fixed?

[mikesperber]

No, but it's probably not worth fixing, given that the original problem has been worked around.

[7c6f434c]

Technically speaking clisp-tip is still marked Linux-only. Should I try to abuse ofborg to verify if this is no longer needed?

[Profpatsch]

@7c6f434c awesome, go ahead.

[7c6f434c]

#42611

[Profpatsch]

Okay, clisp still doesn’t build on Darwin (see link) and is marked as such.