building mu 1.8.10 on macOS - error "Recursive load"

[thecocoa]

Describe the bug

Building mu 1.8.10 on MacOS silicon

How to Reproduce

git clone https://github.com/djcb/mu.git
git checkout origin/release/1.8
meson-build && ninja -C install

Include the exact steps of what you were doing (commands executed etc.). Include
any relevant logs and outputs.

meson build && ninja -C build
The Meson build system
Version: 0.63.3
Source dir: /Users/bobrien/src/mu
Build dir: /Users/bobrien/src/mu/build
Build type: native build
Project name: mu
Project version: 1.8.10
C compiler for the host machine: cc (clang 14.0.0 "Apple clang version 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.201)")
C linker for the host machine: cc ld64 820.1
C++ compiler for the host machine: c++ (clang 14.0.0 "Apple clang version 14.0.0 (clang-1400.0.29.201)")
C++ linker for the host machine: c++ ld64 820.1
Host machine cpu family: aarch64
Host machine cpu: arm64
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-unused-parameter: YES
Compiler for C++ supports arguments -Wno-unused-parameter: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-cast-function-type: YES
Compiler for C++ supports arguments -Wno-cast-function-type: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wformat-security: YES
Compiler for C++ supports arguments -Wformat-security: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wformat=2: YES
Compiler for C++ supports arguments -Wformat=2: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wstack-protector: YES
Compiler for C++ supports arguments -Wstack-protector: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-switch-enum: YES
Compiler for C++ supports arguments -Wno-switch-enum: YES
Compiler for C supports arguments -Wno-#warnings: YES
Compiler for C++ supports arguments -Wno-#warnings: YES
Checking for function "setsid" : YES
Checking for function "wordexp" : YES
Found pkg-config: /opt/homebrew/bin/pkg-config (0.29.2)
Run-time dependency glib-2.0 found: YES 2.74.0
Run-time dependency gobject-2.0 found: YES 2.74.0
Run-time dependency gio-2.0 found: YES 2.74.0
Run-time dependency gmime-3.0 found: YES 3.2.7
Run-time dependency xapian-core found: YES 1.4.21
Run-time dependency threads found: YES
Program awk found: YES (/usr/bin/awk)
Program gzip found: YES (/usr/bin/gzip)
Run-time dependency guile-3.0 found: YES 3.0.8
Program emacs found: YES 29.0.50 (/Users/bobrien/bin/emacs)
Program makeinfo found: YES (/opt/homebrew/opt/texinfo/bin/makeinfo)
Program install-info found: YES (/opt/homebrew/opt/texinfo/bin/install-info)
Configuring version.texi using configuration
Configuring mu4e-config.el using configuration
Configuring version.texi using configuration
Configuring compile-scm using configuration
Configuring config.h using configuration
Build targets in project: 61
NOTICE: Future-deprecated features used:

• 0.56.0: {'meson.source_root', 'dependency.get_pkgconfig_variable'}

Found ninja-1.11.1 at /opt/homebrew/bin/ninja
ninja: Entering directory `build'
[20/134] Compiling C++ object lib/message/test-flags.p/mu-flags.cc.o
../lib/message/mu-flags.cc:61:9: warning: keyword is hidden by macro definition [-Wkeyword-macro]
#define static_assert g_assert_true
^
1 warning generated.
[25/134] Compiling C++ object lib/message/test-fields.p/mu-fields.cc.o
../lib/message/mu-fields.cc:120:9: warning: keyword is hidden by macro definition [-Wkeyword-macro]
#define static_assert g_assert_true
^
1 warning generated.
[26/134] Compiling C++ object lib/message/test-priority.p/mu-priority.cc.o
../lib/message/mu-priority.cc:35:9: warning: keyword is hidden by macro definition [-Wkeyword-macro]
#define static_assert g_assert_true
^
1 warning generated.
[80/134] Generating mu4e/mu4e_actions_el_el with a custom command
FAILED: mu4e/mu4e-actions.elc
/Users/bobrien/bin/emacs --no-init-file --batch --eval '(setq load-prefer-newer t)' --eval '(setq byte-compile-dest-file-function(lambda(_) "/Users/bobrien/src/mu/build/mu4e/mu4e-actions.elc"))' --directory /Users/bobrien/src/mu/build/mu4e --directory /Users/bobrien/src/mu/mu4e --funcall batch-byte-compile ../mu4e/mu4e-actions.el

Error occurred processing ../mu4e/mu4e-actions.el: error (("Recursive load" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/emacs-lisp/icons.el.gz" "/Users/bobrien/.emacs.d/eln-cache/29_0_50-0a8b7b6c/warnings-28e75f4d-02da775e.eln"))
[81/134] Generating mu4e/mu4e_compose_el_el with a custom command
FAILED: mu4e/mu4e-compose.elc
/Users/bobrien/bin/emacs --no-init-file --batch --eval '(setq load-prefer-newer t)' --eval '(setq byte-compile-dest-file-function(lambda() "/Users/bobrien/src/mu/build/mu4e/mu4e-compose.elc"))' --directory /Users/bobrien/src/mu/build/mu4e --directory /Users/bobrien/src/mu/mu4e --funcall batch-byte-compile ../mu4e/mu4e-compose.el
Error occurred processing ../mu4e/mu4e-compose.el: error (("Recursive load" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/emacs-lisp/icons.el.gz" "/Users/bobrien/.emacs.d/eln-cache/29_0_50-0a8b7b6c/warnings-28e75f4d-02da775e.eln"))
[82/134] Generating mu4e/mu4e_bookmarks_el_el with a custom command
FAILED: mu4e/mu4e-bookmarks.elc
/Users/bobrien/bin/emacs --no-init-file --batch --eval '(setq load-prefer-newer t)' --eval '(setq byte-compile-dest-file-function(lambda() "/Users/bobrien/src/mu/build/mu4e/mu4e-bookmarks.elc"))' --directory /Users/bobrien/src/mu/build/mu4e --directory /Users/bobrien/src/mu/mu4e --funcall batch-byte-compile ../mu4e/mu4e-bookmarks.el
Error occurred processing ../mu4e/mu4e-bookmarks.el: error (("Recursive load" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/jka-compr.el.gz" "/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/emacs-lisp/icons.el.gz" "/Users/bobrien/.emacs.d/eln-cache/29_0_50-0a8b7b6c/warnings-28e75f4d-02da775e.eln"))
[91/134] Compiling C++ object mu/mu.p/mu-cmd.cc.o
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

Environment
mu 1.8.10, macOS 13.0, emacs 29.0.50

Checklist

• you are running either the latest 1.6.x release, or a 1.8.x release (otherwise, please upgrade)
• you are running mu4e without any third-party extensions (otherwise, make sure you can reproduce without those)
• you have read all of the above

[djcb]

Hmmm.... suspect that's some local setup issue.

We have automatic builds, including for MacOS (but not "silicon"). Can you reproduce with a release emacs (ie. 28)?

[djcb]

Ah, so it's likely this problem:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36564191/emacs-recursive-load
so some package loads itself. Not much mu4e can do about this... good luck!