Literate XMonad

famadorian · October 8, 2022, 7:21pm

I’m trying to build this literate XMonad:

https://github.com/disconsis/literate-xmonad-config

First problem is that it’s not finding ntangle

b0ef $ ~/.pkg/disconsis.literate-xmonad-config.git >
make build
bin/build --quiet
[!] 'ntangle' is needed for the build process.
[!] Please install it from https://github.com/OrgTangle/ntangle
make: *** [Makefile:5: build] Error 1

, even though it’s in the path

b0ef $ ~/.pkg/disconsis.literate-xmonad-config.git >
which ntangle
/home/b0ef/.nimble/bin/ntangle

If I modify the file with a full path to the binary, then it works, but I don’t understand why it’s not seeing this?

cdepillabout · October 8, 2022, 7:26pm

It looks like you’re using which to check if ntangle exists, while the build script is using bash’s -x on the output of command -v:

github.com

disconsis/literate-xmonad-config/blob/57f2c6ee9c95a6385a56751a832a4c0e35536834/bin/build#L25

    
      
              notify "$@"
              echo "$@" 1>&2
              exit 1
          }
          
          

          
# tangle the org file -- `ntangle` is much faster than the elisp implementation
          # see [[https://github.com/OrgTangle/ntangle]]
          
          

          
if [ -x "$(command -v ntangle)" ]; then
              ntangle src/config.org 1>/dev/null
          else
              die "[!] 'ntangle' is needed for the build process.
          [!] Please install it from https://github.com/OrgTangle/ntangle"
          fi
          
          
stack build
          status=$?
          
          
if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then

Hopefully that will help you debug the issue a little more.

famadorian · October 8, 2022, 10:28pm

That’s superweird

b0ef $ ~/.pkg/disconsis.literate-xmonad-config.git >
if [ -x "$(command -v ntangle)" ]; then echo ehlo; fi
ehlo

famadorian · October 16, 2022, 2:46am

I’m not getting to the bottom of this.

I run this:

#!/usr/bin/env sh

echo which: `which ntangle`
ntangle

if [ -x "$(command -v ntangle)" ]; then
    echo ntangle found
else
    echo ntangle not found
fi

and get this:

b0ef $ /mnt/7440b882-aecb-4e4a-8ecb-24d7a31dc9f9/home/b0ef/.pkg/disconsis.literate-xmonad-config.git >
make buildtest
bin/buildtest
which: /home/b0ef/.nimble/bin/ntangle
bin/buildtest: line 4: ntangle: command not found
ntangle not found

If I peek at this file, I get:

b0ef $ /mnt/7440b882-aecb-4e4a-8ecb-24d7a31dc9f9/home/b0ef/.pkg/disconsis.literate-xmonad-config.git >
ls -lh ~/.nimble/bin/ntangle
lrwxrwxrwx 1 b0ef users 29 Oct  8 14:43 /home/b0ef/.nimble/bin/ntangle -> ../pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle

, so, it’s a symlink to this:

b0ef $ /mnt/7440b882-aecb-4e4a-8ecb-24d7a31dc9f9/home/b0ef/.pkg/disconsis.literate-xmonad-config.git >
ls -lh ~/.nimble/pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle
-rwxr-xr-x 1 b0ef users 465K Oct  8 14:43 /home/b0ef/.nimble/pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle

Here’s the PATH from env

b0ef $ /mnt/7440b882-aecb-4e4a-8ecb-24d7a31dc9f9/home/b0ef/.pkg/disconsis.literate-xmonad-config.git >
env|grep -i nim
PATH=/run/wrappers/bin:/home/b0ef/.nix-profile/bin:/etc/profiles/per-user/b0ef/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:~/.nimble/bin:~/.dotnet/tools

cdepillabout · October 16, 2022, 4:02am

What about file ~/.nimble/pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle? Are you sure it is using a valid interpreter, and you are able to directly run ~/.nimble/pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle?

famadorian · October 16, 2022, 7:48am

Yeah, superweird;)

file ~/.nimble/pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle
/home/b0ef/.nimble/pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /nix/store/v6szn6fczjbn54h7y40aj7qjijq7j6dc-glibc-2.34-210/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, with debug_info, not stripped

b0ef $ ~/.emacs-conf >
file ~/.nimble/pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle
/home/b0ef/.nimble/pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, interpreter /nix/store/v6szn6fczjbn54h7y40aj7qjijq7j6dc-glibc-2.34-210/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, with debug_info, not stripped

b0ef $ ~/.emacs-conf >
~/.nimble/pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle
Usage:

NAME
  ntangle - Command-line utility for Tangling of Org mode documents

USAGE
  ntangle [optional-params] [orgFilesOrDirs: string...]

OPTIONS
  -h, --help                  print this cligen-erated help
  --help-syntax               advanced: prepend,plurals,..
  --version      bool  false  print version

URI
  https://github.com/OrgTangle/ntangle

AUTHOR
  Kaushal Modi

VERSION
  v0.7.0

cdepillabout · October 16, 2022, 2:28pm

Man, I have no idea what could be going on.

The only other debugging option I could come up with is to change

to

#!/usr/bin/env bash

or even just

#!/nix/store/1234...bash/bin/bash

and see if anything different happens.

Also, put a call to env to dump all the environment variables in the top of your script that is failing. Manually look if PATH looks weird or something, or there ends up being two ntangle binaries in your PATH, where one doesn’t work or something.

famadorian · October 16, 2022, 5:44pm

Yup, if I change to bash, then it works;)

b0ef $ /mnt/7440b882-aecb-4e4a-8ecb-24d7a31dc9f9/home/b0ef/.pkg/disconsis.literate-xmonad-config.git >
make buildtest
bin/buildtest
which: /home/b0ef/.nimble/bin/ntangle
Usage:
  
NAME
  ntangle - Command-line utility for Tangling of Org mode documents

USAGE
  ntangle [optional-params] [orgFilesOrDirs: string...]

OPTIONS
  -h, --help                  print this cligen-erated help
  --help-syntax               advanced: prepend,plurals,..
  --version      bool  false  print version

URI
  https://github.com/OrgTangle/ntangle

AUTHOR
  Kaushal Modi

VERSION
  v0.7.0
ntangle found

Here’s env:

SHELL=/run/current-system/sw/bin/bash
WINDOWID=20971522
__ETC_PROFILE_DONE=1
__HM_SESS_VARS_SOURCED=1
COLORTERM=truecolor
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XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session1
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LOCALE_ARCHIVE_2_27=/nix/store/9qcjqaz5l9f6cfad298d1wsl1jw84dmm-glibc-locales-2.34-210/lib/locale/locale-archive
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GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=/nix/store/6y6gkvymacxvx838gq3mjbnpvajkpiya-gdk-pixbuf-loaders.cache
EDITOR=emacs
XDG_SEAT=seat0
PWD=/home/b0ef/ds/station
NIX_PROFILES=/run/current-system/sw /nix/var/nix/profiles/default /etc/profiles/per-user/b0ef /home/b0ef/.nix-profile
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LOGNAME=b0ef
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XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
CUPS_DATADIR=/nix/store/rkjhav9fp2iymkvckjs5nd8pglsx9r4a-cups-progs/share/cups
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NIXPKGS_CONFIG=/etc/nix/nixpkgs-config.nix
XAUTHORITY=/home/b0ef/.Xauthority
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HOME=/home/b0ef
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ASPELL_CONF=dict-dir /run/current-system/sw/lib/aspell
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LESSOPEN=|/nix/store/35f1v8iygrq8pwr3r61jckjkqvcifm0v-lesspipe-1.85/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
USER=b0ef
TZDIR=/etc/zoneinfo
PAM_KWALLET5_LOGIN=/run/user/1000/kwallet5.socket
DISPLAY=:0
SHLVL=1
XMONAD_XMESSAGE=/nix/store/5w0dhdji3j7vja687i0pnm2nnd1s0ywb-xmessage-1.0.5/bin/xmessage
PAGER=less
QTWEBKIT_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/b0ef/.nix-profile/lib/mozilla/plugins/:/etc/profiles/per-user/b0ef/lib/mozilla/plugins/:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/lib/mozilla/plugins/:/run/current-system/sw/lib/mozilla/plugins/
__NIXOS_SET_ENVIRONMENT_DONE=1
XDG_VTNR=7
XDG_SESSION_ID=2
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TERMINFO_DIRS=/home/b0ef/.nix-profile/share/terminfo:/etc/profiles/per-user/b0ef/share/terminfo:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/share/terminfo:/run/current-system/sw/share/terminfo
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=
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XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
NIX_GHC=/nix/store/n7hlfan77z3anf2k0sn9ykraxaxjzd5q-ghc-9.0.2-with-packages/bin/ghc
KDEDIRS=/home/b0ef/.nix-profile:/etc/profiles/per-user/b0ef:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default:/run/current-system/sw
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LIBEXEC_PATH=/home/b0ef/.nix-profile/lib/libexec:/etc/profiles/per-user/b0ef/lib/libexec:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/lib/libexec:/run/current-system/sw/lib/libexec
PATH=/run/wrappers/bin:/home/b0ef/.nix-profile/bin:/etc/profiles/per-user/b0ef/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:~/.nimble/bin:~/.dotnet/tools
ALACRITTY_LOG=/tmp/Alacritty-1840726.log
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OLDPWD=/home/b0ef/ds
_=/run/current-system/sw/bin/env

cdepillabout · October 16, 2022, 6:42pm

Huh, I wonder why. If you do any more debugging into this, I’d be interested if you found the reason.

famadorian · October 16, 2022, 7:42pm

I have similar problems with other apps, so I need to pursue this a little more right now, I think;)

Here’s how I add those paths to my PATH with home manager:

home = {
  sessionPath = [
    "~/.nimble/bin"
    "~/.dotnet/tools"
  ];
  sessionVariables = {
    EDITOR = "emacs";
    
  };
};

programs.bash = {
  enable = true;
  initExtra = ''
      . "$HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh"
    '';
  shellAliases = {
    ne = "nix-env";
    ni = "nix-env -iA";
    no = "nixops";
    ns = "nix-shell --pure";
    lss ="exa -xl --icons -T";
  }; 
};

famadorian · October 17, 2022, 10:40am

This is getting weirder.

b0ef $ ~/ds/station >
sh
sh-5.1$ env|grep -i nimble
PATH=/run/wrappers/bin:/home/b0ef/.nix-profile/bin:/etc/profiles/per-user/b0ef/bin:/nix/var/nix/profiles/default/bin:/run/current-system/sw/bin:~/.nimble/bin:~/.dotnet/tools
sh-5.1$ which ntangle
/home/b0ef/.nimble/bin/ntangle
sh-5.1$ ntangle
sh: ntangle: command not found
sh-5.1$ pwd
/home/b0ef/ds/station
sh-5.1$ cd
sh-5.1$ ls -lh .nimble/
bin/                    nimbledata.json         packages_official.json  packages_temp.json      pkgs/
sh-5.1$ ls -lh .nimble/bin/ntangle
lrwxrwxrwx 1 b0ef users 29 Oct  8 14:43 .nimble/bin/ntangle -> ../pkgs/ntangle-0.7.0/ntangle
sh-5.1$ .nimble/bin/ntangle
Usage:

NAME
  ntangle - Command-line utility for Tangling of Org mode documents

tejing · October 17, 2022, 11:52am

From the document describing the differences between posix-mode bash (which is what you get when you run it as sh) and regular bash:

19. Literal tildes that appear as the first character in elements of
     the 'PATH' variable are not expanded as described above under *note
     Tilde Expansion::.

I’m guessing that’s your issue.

famadorian · October 17, 2022, 12:15pm

wow, yeah, you’re absolutely right;) Hehe, great; thanks. On to the next hurdle with this package;)

cdepillabout · October 17, 2022, 2:55pm

Wow, I’m pretty impressed you figured this out! I had no idea about sh not expanding ~, although it makes complete sense.