Build failure: libpeas2 cannot find lua lgi package

[montchr]

Steps To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

• Build libpeas2 on nixos-unstable

_{NOTE: an earlier version of this report contained misleading info, preserved for posterity within the collapsed content}

Unclear to me.

I have only been able to reproduce this error as a dependency of my (flake-based) NixOS system configuration on aarch64-linux.

None of these alone result in an error:

# IGNORE THESE! SEE ABOVE UPDATE FOR CORRECT INFO
# nix build nixpkgs#libpeas
# nix build nixpkgs#gnome-builder

Build log

Full: https://gist.github.com/montchr/bdfd613a3b747a33f32bb669a30ed265

Excerpt of nixos-rebuild build --verbose output (removed unrelated lines):

building '/nix/store/d9qijlw975ag76bj5vv82j6l94srcg62-libpeas-2.0.1.drv'...
error: builder for '/nix/store/d9qijlw975ag76bj5vv82j6l94srcg62-libpeas-2.0.1.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 10 log lines:
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-z,relro: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-z,now: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-Bsymbolic: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -fno-plt: YES
       > Compiler for C supports arguments -fvisibility=hidden: YES
       > Configuring config.h using configuration
       >
       > meson.build:404:2: ERROR: Problem encountered: Lua51 requested but failed to locate suitable Lua51 and LGI support
       >
       > A full log can be found at /build/libpeas-2.0.1/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/d9qijlw975ag76bj5vv82j6l94srcg62-libpeas-2.0.1.drv'.
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/zhishld4zw0dg7wh8zipbzq29ilwyvyi-gnome-builder-45.0.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/bjidb7n0krz58w16rwavz966g4p55yg9-gnome-builder-45.0_fish-completions.drv' failed to build
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/kdjyyxmaxni2pk1q2n3z6i3gmkva4abg-man-paths.drv' failed to build
building '/nix/store/vm6dm6wzasgvh7y6mcxgqzd6x51d9h87-nnn-4.9.drv'...
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/5y654pcc4swqsf6sy1wr4g54nc9gcj5b-system-path.drv' failed to build
...
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/4l71d3j310ipbi29nglnlnjp8215hi1r-nixos-system-tuvok-24.05.20240403.08b9151.drv' failed to build

Additional context

Flake-based configuration for Asahi (Apple Silicon) system tracking nixos-unstable (08b9151)

[Update]:

After further searching, I found this upstream issue and fix from 4 years ago:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libpeas/-/issues/33
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libpeas/-/merge_requests/20

I am not sure what to do with that, however.

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@NixOS/gnome

Metadata

Please run nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m" and paste the result.

[user@system:~]$ nix-shell -p nix-info --run "nix-info -m"
 - system: `"aarch64-linux"`
 - host os: `Linux 6.6.0-asahi, NixOS, 24.05 (Uakari), 24.05.20240323.44d0940`
 - multi-user?: `yes`
 - sandbox: `yes`
 - version: `nix-env (Nix) 2.18.2`
 - nixpkgs: `/nix/store/06b0vfbjzpnn5qdar7yw83c6gzqsz5yd-amxd2p02wx78nyaa4bkb0hjvgwhz1dq7-source`

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[barryfm]

My build attempt of libpeas2 is attached:

build.log

[Icy-Thought]

I was greeted with the same issue when I attempted to updatepkgs.valent alongside my flake setup.

[R2Boyo25]

I would like to add that I get an error in the libpeas build when trying to build gnome-builder, but not when directly building libpeas (and I also get the same error when trying to rebuild my system)

$ nix build nixpkgs#gnome-builder
error: builder for '/nix/store/lb0wgpa45fc4lx8hica7zmy9r6dpcq3f-libpeas-2.0.1.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 10 log lines:
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-z,relro: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-z,now: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-Bsymbolic: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -fno-plt: YES
       > Compiler for C supports arguments -fvisibility=hidden: YES
       > Configuring config.h using configuration
       >
       > meson.build:404:2: ERROR: Problem encountered: Lua51 requested but failed to locate suitable Lua51 and LGI support
       >
       > A full log can be found at /build/libpeas-2.0.1/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/lb0wgpa45fc4lx8hica7zmy9r6dpcq3f-libpeas-2.0.1.drv'.
error: 1 dependencies of derivation '/nix/store/ghkc30l1q8zqzqw2jsac4g20rbp8jx32-gnome-builder-45.0.drv' failed to build

Edit: I cannot build libpeas2 directly. I was building libpeas on accident (because the original issue had a command to build nixpkgs#libpeas).

[jtojnar]

That is because gnome-builder depends on libpeas2.

I am currently bisecting it but it goes slow without timokau/nix-bisect#25.

[R2Boyo25]

That is because gnome-builder depends on libpeas2.

I am currently bisecting it but it goes slow without timokau/nix-bisect#25.

I added that because the original issue states that they can build gnome-builder without the issue.

[jtojnar]

Maybe they have cached older version of nixpkgs flake ref.

[R2Boyo25]

That is because gnome-builder depends on libpeas2.

I am currently bisecting it but it goes slow without timokau/nix-bisect#25.

This comment appears to state that the linked PR is what caused libpeas2 to fail to build: #289135 (comment)

[jtojnar]

Weird. It was supposed to have been fixed by 0f6ddea, which is in nixos-unstable according to https://nixpk.gs/pr-tracker.html?pr=292500 but libpeas2 still does not build for me.

[montchr]

Apologies for the confusing info I provided in the opening description. I do see build failures for both libpeas2 and gnome-builder now:

[cdom@tuvok]% nix build github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable#libpeas2
error: builder for '/nix/store/d9qijlw975ag76bj5vv82j6l94srcg62-libpeas-2.0.1.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 10 log lines:
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-z,relro: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-z,now: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-Bsymbolic: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -fno-plt: YES
       > Compiler for C supports arguments -fvisibility=hidden: YES
       > Configuring config.h using configuration
       >
       > meson.build:404:2: ERROR: Problem encountered: Lua51 requested but failed to locate suitable Lua51 and LGI support
       >
       > A full log can be found at /build/libpeas-2.0.1/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/d9qijlw975ag76bj5vv82j6l94srcg62-libpeas-2.0.1.drv'.
[cdom@tuvok]% nix build github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable#gnome-builder
error: builder for '/nix/store/d9qijlw975ag76bj5vv82j6l94srcg62-libpeas-2.0.1.drv' failed with exit code 1;
       last 10 log lines:
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-z,relro: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-z,now: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -Wl,-Bsymbolic: YES
       > Compiler for C supports link arguments -fno-plt: YES
       > Compiler for C supports arguments -fvisibility=hidden: YES
       > Configuring config.h using configuration
       >
       > meson.build:404:2: ERROR: Problem encountered: Lua51 requested but failed to locate suitable Lua51 and LGI support
       >
       > A full log can be found at /build/libpeas-2.0.1/build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
       For full logs, run 'nix log /nix/store/d9qijlw975ag76bj5vv82j6l94srcg62-libpeas-2.0.1.drv'.

Maybe they have cached older version of nixpkgs flake ref.

@jtojnar You're right, thanks. Now I know better for next time to verify stuff like this with github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable rather than nixpkgs, which corresponds to the ref of my current NixOS generation. I'll update the description.

[schuelermine]

Does not build here, nixpkgs @ fd281bd

[jtojnar]

cc @lolbinarycat and @vcunat who last touched the lua stuff

[vcunat]

I hoped this regression should be fixed by
c55b4db

[gepbird]

@vcunat yes, that fixes it, thanks!

libpeas2 builds when cherry picking b8be016 and c55b4db onto nixos-unstable.

[montchr]

libpeas2 builds when cherry picking b8be016 and c55b4db onto nixos-unstable.

For others wishing to track the status of #300905, the PR adding these commits:

https://nixpk.gs/pr-tracker.html?pr=300905

Unfortunately, it looks as though the changes have been stuck on the staging branch for a few days. I haven't yet cherry-picked those commits to verify since I expected them to appear in master sooner. But I will try to get to verifying a few hours from now.

I'm having some trouble following the chain of related PRs. @vcunat (or anyone else) do you have a better sense of when we might see those changes make it out of staging?

[vcunat]

Roughly two weeks from now.