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diff --git a/build-aux/build-self.scm b/build-aux/build-self.scm index 8fb9af23ca..4933e02712 100644 --- a/build-aux/build-self.scm +++ b/build-aux/build-self.scm @@ -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) |