Issue with nimweb, reported from nim-git

[CodeDoes]

manual_snippet_122.nim(4, 20) Error: undeclared identifier: 'ForLoopStmt'
Error: execution of an external program failed: 'nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_122.nim'

Error: execution of an external program failed: '/tmp/makepkg/nim-git/src/Nim/tools/nimweb --pdf web/website.ini --putenv:nimversion=0.18.1'
FAILURE
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nim-git/

[mratsim]

Here is the full output, it seems like it's Nim doc that doesn't know about ForLoopStmt:

  -> Building Nim PDF documentation...
Adding to $PATH: /pkg/makepkg/nim-git/src/Nim/bin
bin/nim cc -r tools/nimweb.nim  --pdf web/website.ini --putenv:nimversion=0.18.1
Hint: used config file '/pkg/makepkg/nim-git/src/Nim/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: nimweb [Processing]
Hint: os [Processing]
Hint: strutils [Processing]
Hint: parseutils [Processing]
Hint: math [Processing]
Hint: algorithm [Processing]
Hint: times [Processing]
Hint: posix [Processing]
Hint: ospaths [Processing]
Hint: parseopt [Processing]
Hint: parsecfg [Processing]
Hint: hashes [Processing]
Hint: lexbase [Processing]
Hint: streams [Processing]
Hint: tables [Processing]
Hint: strtabs [Processing]
Hint: re [Processing]
Hint: pcre [Processing]
Hint: rtarrays [Processing]
Hint: htmlgen [Processing]
Hint: macros [Processing]
Hint: md5 [Processing]
Hint: osproc [Processing]
Hint: cpuinfo [Processing]
Hint: linux [Processing]
Hint: parsecsv [Processing]
Hint: xmltree [Processing]
website.tmpl(253, 60) Warning: getGMTime is deprecated [Deprecated]
nimweb.nim(104, 11) Warning: use varargs[untyped] in the macro prototype instead; callsite is deprecated [Deprecated]
nimweb.nim(109, 11) Warning: use varargs[untyped] in the macro prototype instead; callsite is deprecated [Deprecated]
nimweb.nim(120, 11) Warning: use varargs[untyped] in the macro prototype instead; callsite is deprecated [Deprecated]
nimweb.nim(125, 11) Warning: use varargs[untyped] in the macro prototype instead; callsite is deprecated [Deprecated]
nimweb.nim(361, 10) Hint: 'dir' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed]
nimweb.nim(410, 13) Warning: getGMTime is deprecated [Deprecated]
nimweb.nim(297, 6) Hint: 'nimweb.pathPart(d: string)[declared in nimweb.nim(297, 5)]' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed]
nimweb.nim(381, 6) Hint: 'nimweb.genNewsLink(title: string)[declared in nimweb.nim(381, 5)]' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed]
CC: compiler_nimweb
CC: stdlib_system
CC: stdlib_os
CC: stdlib_strutils
CC: stdlib_times
CC: stdlib_parseopt
CC: stdlib_parsecfg
CC: stdlib_streams
CC: stdlib_strtabs
CC: stdlib_tables
CC: stdlib_re
CC: stdlib_htmlgen
CC: stdlib_macros
CC: stdlib_md5
CC: stdlib_osproc
CC: stdlib_parsecsv
CC: stdlib_algorithm
CC: stdlib_parseutils
CC: stdlib_math
CC: stdlib_posix
CC: stdlib_ospaths
CC: stdlib_hashes
CC: stdlib_lexbase
CC: stdlib_pcre
CC: stdlib_rtarrays
CC: stdlib_cpuinfo
CC: stdlib_linux
CC: stdlib_xmltree
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (33834 lines compiled; 0.787 sec total; 60.035MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: /pkg/makepkg/nim-git/src/Nim/tools/nimweb --pdf web/website.ini --putenv:nimversion=0.18.1 [Exec]
pdfTeX 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Arch Linux)
kpathsea version 6.2.3
Copyright 2017 Han The Thanh (pdfTeX) et al.
There is NO warranty.  Redistribution of this software is
covered by the terms of both the pdfTeX copyright and
the Lesser GNU General Public License.
For more information about these matters, see the file
named COPYING and the pdfTeX source.
Primary author of pdfTeX: Han The Thanh (pdfTeX) et al.
Compiled with libpng 1.6.34; using libpng 1.6.34
Compiled with zlib 1.2.11; using zlib 1.2.11
Compiled with poppler version 0.64.0
bin/nim rst2tex --hint[Conf]:off --hint[Path]:off --hint[Processing]:off -d:boot --putenv:nimversion=0.18.1 doc/manual.rst
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_101.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_101 [Processing]
manual_snippet_101.nim(2, 6) Hint: 'manual_snippet_101.main()[declared in manual_snippet_101.nim(2, 5)]' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_101
CC: stdlib_system
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11721 lines compiled; 0.591 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_102.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_102 [Processing]
manual_snippet_102.nim(2, 6) Hint: 'manual_snippet_102.main()[declared in manual_snippet_102.nim(2, 5)]' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_102
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11723 lines compiled; 0.141 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_103.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_103 [Processing]
manual_snippet_103.nim(2, 6) Hint: 'manual_snippet_103.p(what: bool)[declared in manual_snippet_103.nim(2, 5)]' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_103
CC: stdlib_system
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11719 lines compiled; 0.568 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_104.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_104 [Processing]
manual_snippet_104.nim(10, 3) Error: type mismatch: got <proc (x: string){.noSideEffect, gcsafe, locks: 0.}> but expected 'Callback = proc (s: string){.closure.}'
.raise effects differ
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_105.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_105 [Processing]
manual_snippet_105.nim(7, 7) Hint: 'x' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed]
manual_snippet_105.nim(5, 29) template/generic instantiation from here
manual_snippet_105.nim(3, 34) Error: can have an unlisted effect: IO
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_106.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_106 [Processing]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_106
CC: stdlib_system
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11769 lines compiled; 0.567 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_107.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_107 [Processing]
Hint: future [Processing]
Hint: macros [Processing]
Hint: typetraits [Processing]
Hint: options [Processing]
manual_snippet_107.nim(5, 3) Hint: 'A' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_107
CC: stdlib_system
CC: stdlib_future
CC: stdlib_typetraits
CC: stdlib_macros
CC: stdlib_options
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (13616 lines compiled; 0.617 sec total; 27.387MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_108.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_108 [Processing]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_108
CC: stdlib_system
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11725 lines compiled; 0.564 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_109.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_109 [Processing]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_109
CC: stdlib_system
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11722 lines compiled; 0.565 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_110.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_110 [Processing]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_110
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11721 lines compiled; 0.136 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_111.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_111 [Processing]
manual_snippet_111.nim(5, 12) Error: undeclared identifier: 'x'
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_112.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_112 [Processing]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_112
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11729 lines compiled; 0.141 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_113.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_113 [Processing]
manual_snippet_113.nim(11, 7) Error: redefinition of 'i'
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_114.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_114 [Processing]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_114
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11727 lines compiled; 0.137 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_115.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_115 [Processing]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_115
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11719 lines compiled; 0.135 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_116.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_116 [Processing]
manual_snippet_116.nim(8, 5) Hint: 'x' is declared but not used [XDeclaredButNotUsed]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_116
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11723 lines compiled; 0.138 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_117.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_117 [Processing]
manual_snippet_117.nim(11, 20) Warning: use IOError instead; EIO is deprecated [Deprecated]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_117
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (11726 lines compiled; 0.142 sec total; 22.668MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_118.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_118 [Processing]
manual_snippet_118.nim(6, 1) Error: undeclared identifier: 'unknownIdentifier'
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_119.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_119 [Processing]
Hint: sequtils [Processing]
Hint: macros [Processing]
manual_snippet_119.nim(8, 21) Error: attempting to call undeclared routine: 'something'
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_120.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_120 [Processing]
Hint: macros [Processing]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_120
CC: stdlib_system
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (13095 lines compiled; 0.593 sec total; 27.363MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_121.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_121 [Processing]
Hint: macros [Processing]
CC: compiler_manual_snippet_121
Hint:  [Link]
Hint: operation successful (13085 lines compiled; 0.160 sec total; 27.359MiB peakmem; Debug Build) [SuccessX]
Hint: nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_122.nim [Exec]
Hint: used config file '/home/ml/.choosenim/toolchains/nim-0.18.0/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
Hint: system [Processing]
Hint: manual_snippet_122 [Processing]
Hint: macros [Processing]
manual_snippet_122.nim(4, 20) Error: undeclared identifier: 'ForLoopStmt'
Error: execution of an external program failed: 'nim c doc/nimcache/manual/manual_snippet_122.nim'

Error: execution of an external program failed: '/pkg/makepkg/nim-git/src/Nim/tools/nimweb --pdf web/website.ini --putenv:nimversion=0.18.1'
FAILURE
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build nim-git.

[data-man]

Works for me.
manual.pdf

[alaviss]

Looks like nimweb was using the system nim instead of the newly built one, as the issue won't occur if the compiler is updated to the latest revision before building the docs.

[Araq]

This has been fixed as far as I'm aware.