Installation broken on both 0.17.2 and on HEAD

[wizzardx]

If I try to run 'nimble install c2nim' (with github HEAD), then I get this output and error:

david@david-pc:/tmp$ nimble install c2nim       
Downloading https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim using git
   Warning: Package 'c2nim' has an incorrect structure. It should contain a single directory hierarchy for source files, named 'c2nimpkg', but file 'tester.nim' is in a directory named 'testsuite' instead. This will be an error in the future.
      Hint: If 'testsuite' contains source files for building 'c2nim', rename it to 'c2nimpkg'. Otherwise, prevent its installation by adding `skipDirs = @["testsuite"]` to the .nimble file.
  Verifying dependencies for c2nim@0.9.13
 Installing compiler@>= 0.16.0
Downloading https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim.git using git
  Verifying dependencies for compiler@0.17.3
 Installing compiler@0.17.3
   Success: compiler installed successfully.
 Installing c2nim@0.9.13
   Building c2nim/c2nim using c backend
       Tip: 131 messages have been suppressed, use --verbose to show them.
     Error: Build failed for package: c2nim
        ... Details:
        ... Execution failed with exit code 1
        ... Command: "/home/david/learning/dev/misc/nim/misc/github/Nim/bin/nim" c --noBabelPath -d:release --path:"/tmp/nimble_22314/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_0.16.0"  -o:"/tmp/nimble_22314/githubcom_nimlangc2nim/c2nim" "/tmp/nimble_22314/githubcom_nimlangc2nim/c2nim.nim"
        ... Output: Hint: used config file '/home/david/learning/dev/misc/nim/misc/github/Nim/config/nim.cfg' [Conf]
        ... Hint: system [Processing]
        ... Hint: c2nim [Processing]
        ... Hint: strutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: parseutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: math [Processing]
        ... Hint: algorithm [Processing]
        ... Hint: os [Processing]
        ... Hint: times [Processing]
        ... Hint: posix [Processing]
        ... Hint: ospaths [Processing]
        ... Hint: parseopt [Processing]
        ... Hint: llstream [Processing]
        ... Hint: ast [Processing]
        ... Hint: msgs [Processing]
        ... Hint: options [Processing]
        ... Hint: strtabs [Processing]
        ... Hint: hashes [Processing]
        ... Hint: osproc [Processing]
        ... Hint: streams [Processing]
        ... Hint: cpuinfo [Processing]
        ... Hint: linux [Processing]
        ... Hint: sets [Processing]
        ... Hint: tables [Processing]
        ... Hint: ropes [Processing]
        ... Hint: platform [Processing]
        ... Hint: terminal [Processing]
        ... Hint: macros [Processing]
        ... Hint: termios [Processing]
        ... Hint: nversion [Processing]
        ... Hint: securehash [Processing]
        ... Hint: idents [Processing]
        ... Hint: wordrecg [Processing]
        ... Hint: intsets [Processing]
        ... Hint: idgen [Processing]
        ... Hint: renderer [Processing]
        ... Hint: lexer [Processing]
        ... Hint: nimlexbase [Processing]
        ... Hint: clex [Processing]
        ... Hint: cparse [Processing]
        ... Hint: pegs [Processing]
        ... Hint: unicode [Processing]
        ... Hint: astalgo [Processing]
        ... Hint: rodutils [Processing]
        ... /tmp/nimble_22314/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_0.16.0/compiler/rodutils.nim(25, 14) Error: type mismatch: got (array[0..80, char], string, BiggestFloat)
        ... but expected one of: 
        ... proc c_sprintf(buf, frmt: cstring)

And on Nim stable, 0.17.2:

david@david-pc:/tmp$ nimble install c2nim
    Prompt: No local packages.json found, download it from internet? [y/N]
    Answer: y
Downloading Official package list
    Success Package list downloaded.
Downloading https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim using git
   Warning: Package 'c2nim' has an incorrect structure. It should contain a single directory hierarchy for source files, named 'c2nimpkg', but file 'tester.nim' is in a directory named 'testsuite' instead. This will be an error in the future.
      Hint: If 'testsuite' contains source files for building 'c2nim', rename it to 'c2nimpkg'. Otherwise, prevent its installation by adding `skipDirs = @["testsuite"]` to the .nimble file.
  Verifying dependencies for c2nim@0.9.13
 Installing compiler@>= 0.16.0
Downloading https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim.git using git
  Verifying dependencies for compiler@0.17.2
 Installing compiler@0.17.2
   Success: compiler installed successfully.
 Installing c2nim@0.9.13
   Building c2nim/c2nim using c backend
       Tip: 132 messages have been suppressed, use --verbose to show them.
     Error: Build failed for package: c2nim
        ... Details:
        ... Execution failed with exit code 1
        ... Command: "/usr/bin/nim" c --noBabelPath -d:release --path:"/tmp/nimble_23250/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_0.16.0"  -o:"/tmp/nimble_23250/githubcom_nimlangc2nim/c2nim" "/tmp/nimble_23250/githubcom_nimlangc2nim/c2nim.nim"
        ... Output: Hint: used config file '/etc/nim.cfg' [Conf]
        ... Hint: system [Processing]
        ... Hint: c2nim [Processing]
        ... Hint: strutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: parseutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: math [Processing]
        ... Hint: algorithm [Processing]
        ... Hint: os [Processing]
        ... Hint: times [Processing]
        ... Hint: posix [Processing]
        ... Hint: ospaths [Processing]
        ... Hint: parseopt [Processing]
        ... Hint: llstream [Processing]
        ... Hint: ast [Processing]
        ... Hint: msgs [Processing]
        ... Hint: options [Processing]
        ... Hint: strtabs [Processing]
        ... Hint: hashes [Processing]
        ... Hint: osproc [Processing]
        ... Hint: streams [Processing]
        ... Hint: cpuinfo [Processing]
        ... Hint: linux [Processing]
        ... Hint: sets [Processing]
        ... Hint: tables [Processing]
        ... Hint: ropes [Processing]
        ... Hint: platform [Processing]
        ... Hint: terminal [Processing]
        ... Hint: macros [Processing]
        ... Hint: termios [Processing]
        ... Hint: nversion [Processing]
        ... Hint: securehash [Processing]
        ... Hint: idents [Processing]
        ... Hint: wordrecg [Processing]
        ... Hint: intsets [Processing]
        ... Hint: idgen [Processing]
        ... Hint: renderer [Processing]
        ... Hint: lexer [Processing]
        ... Hint: nimlexbase [Processing]
        ... Hint: clex [Processing]
        ... Hint: cparse [Processing]
        ... Hint: pegs [Processing]
        ... Hint: unicode [Processing]
        ... Hint: astalgo [Processing]
        ... Hint: rodutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: postprocessor [Processing]
        ... c2nim.nim(87, 17) Error: type mismatch: got (PNode, string, string)
        ... but expected one of: 
        ... proc renderModule(n: PNode; filename: string; renderFlags: TRenderFlags = {})

I'm running Debian Sid on my PC.

#113

it's already fixed

[wizzardx]

I just tested it; it's still broken, or has been broken again since then... At least for 0.17.2 stable.

Here's my most recent attempt to install it on 0.17.2, alongside a timestamp.

david@david-pc:/tmp/z$ nimble install c2nim; date
    Prompt: No local packages.json found, download it from internet? [y/N]
    Answer: y
Downloading Official package list
    Success Package list downloaded.
Downloading https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim using git
   Warning: Package 'c2nim' has an incorrect structure. It should contain a single directory hierarchy for source files, named 'c2nimpkg', but file 'tester.nim' is in a directory named 'testsuite' instead. This will be an error in the future.
      Hint: If 'testsuite' contains source files for building 'c2nim', rename it to 'c2nimpkg'. Otherwise, prevent its installation by adding `skipDirs = @["testsuite"]` to the .nimble file.
  Verifying dependencies for c2nim@0.9.13
 Installing compiler@>= 0.16.0
Downloading https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim.git using git
  Verifying dependencies for compiler@0.17.2
 Installing compiler@0.17.2
   Success: compiler installed successfully.
 Installing c2nim@0.9.13
   Building c2nim/c2nim using c backend
       Tip: 132 messages have been suppressed, use --verbose to show them.
     Error: Build failed for package: c2nim
        ... Details:
        ... Execution failed with exit code 1
        ... Command: "/usr/bin/nim" c --noBabelPath -d:release --path:"/tmp/nimble_7889/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_0.16.0"  -o:"/tmp/nimble_7889/githubcom_nimlangc2nim/c2nim" "/tmp/nimble_7889/githubcom_nimlangc2nim/c2nim.nim"
        ... Output: Hint: used config file '/etc/nim.cfg' [Conf]
        ... Hint: system [Processing]
        ... Hint: c2nim [Processing]
        ... Hint: strutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: parseutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: math [Processing]
        ... Hint: algorithm [Processing]
        ... Hint: os [Processing]
        ... Hint: times [Processing]
        ... Hint: posix [Processing]
        ... Hint: ospaths [Processing]
        ... Hint: parseopt [Processing]
        ... Hint: llstream [Processing]
        ... Hint: ast [Processing]
        ... Hint: msgs [Processing]
        ... Hint: options [Processing]
        ... Hint: strtabs [Processing]
        ... Hint: hashes [Processing]
        ... Hint: osproc [Processing]
        ... Hint: streams [Processing]
        ... Hint: cpuinfo [Processing]
        ... Hint: linux [Processing]
        ... Hint: sets [Processing]
        ... Hint: tables [Processing]
        ... Hint: ropes [Processing]
        ... Hint: platform [Processing]
        ... Hint: terminal [Processing]
        ... Hint: macros [Processing]
        ... Hint: termios [Processing]
        ... Hint: nversion [Processing]
        ... Hint: securehash [Processing]
        ... Hint: idents [Processing]
        ... Hint: wordrecg [Processing]
        ... Hint: intsets [Processing]
        ... Hint: idgen [Processing]
        ... Hint: renderer [Processing]
        ... Hint: lexer [Processing]
        ... Hint: nimlexbase [Processing]
        ... Hint: clex [Processing]
        ... Hint: cparse [Processing]
        ... Hint: pegs [Processing]
        ... Hint: unicode [Processing]
        ... Hint: astalgo [Processing]
        ... Hint: rodutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: postprocessor [Processing]
        ... c2nim.nim(87, 17) Error: type mismatch: got (PNode, string, string)
        ... but expected one of: 
        ... proc renderModule(n: PNode; filename: string; renderFlags: TRenderFlags = {})
Sat Oct 21 15:13:10 SAST 2017

try nimble install c2nim@#head

[wizzardx]

Still seems broken:

david@david-pc:/tmp/z$ nimble install c2nim@#head; date     
    Prompt: No local packages.json found, download it from internet? [y/N]
    Answer: y
Downloading Official package list
    Success Package list downloaded.
Downloading https://github.com/nim-lang/c2nim using git
   Warning: Package 'c2nim' has an incorrect structure. It should contain a single directory hierarchy for source files, named 'c2nimpkg', but file 'tester.nim' is in a directory named 'testsuite' instead. This will be an error in the future.
      Hint: If 'testsuite' contains source files for building 'c2nim', rename it to 'c2nimpkg'. Otherwise, prevent its installation by adding `skipDirs = @["testsuite"]` to the .nimble file.
  Verifying dependencies for c2nim@#head
 Installing compiler@>= 0.16.0
Downloading https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim.git using git
  Verifying dependencies for compiler@0.17.2
 Installing compiler@0.17.2
   Success: compiler installed successfully.
 Installing c2nim@#head
   Building c2nim/c2nim using c backend
       Tip: 132 messages have been suppressed, use --verbose to show them.
     Error: Build failed for package: c2nim
        ... Details:
        ... Execution failed with exit code 1
        ... Command: "/usr/bin/nim" c --noBabelPath -d:release --path:"/tmp/nimble_10050/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_0.16.0"  -o:"/tmp/nimble_10050/githubcom_nimlangc2nim_#head/c2nim" "/tmp/nimble_10050/githubcom_nimlangc2nim_#head/c2nim.nim"
        ... Output: Hint: used config file '/etc/nim.cfg' [Conf]
        ... Hint: system [Processing]
        ... Hint: c2nim [Processing]
        ... Hint: strutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: parseutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: math [Processing]
        ... Hint: algorithm [Processing]
        ... Hint: os [Processing]
        ... Hint: times [Processing]
        ... Hint: posix [Processing]
        ... Hint: ospaths [Processing]
        ... Hint: parseopt [Processing]
        ... Hint: llstream [Processing]
        ... Hint: ast [Processing]
        ... Hint: msgs [Processing]
        ... Hint: options [Processing]
        ... Hint: strtabs [Processing]
        ... Hint: hashes [Processing]
        ... Hint: osproc [Processing]
        ... Hint: streams [Processing]
        ... Hint: cpuinfo [Processing]
        ... Hint: linux [Processing]
        ... Hint: sets [Processing]
        ... Hint: tables [Processing]
        ... Hint: ropes [Processing]
        ... Hint: platform [Processing]
        ... Hint: terminal [Processing]
        ... Hint: macros [Processing]
        ... Hint: termios [Processing]
        ... Hint: nversion [Processing]
        ... Hint: securehash [Processing]
        ... Hint: idents [Processing]
        ... Hint: wordrecg [Processing]
        ... Hint: intsets [Processing]
        ... Hint: idgen [Processing]
        ... Hint: renderer [Processing]
        ... Hint: lexer [Processing]
        ... Hint: nimlexbase [Processing]
        ... Hint: clex [Processing]
        ... Hint: cparse [Processing]
        ... Hint: pegs [Processing]
        ... Hint: unicode [Processing]
        ... Hint: astalgo [Processing]
        ... Hint: rodutils [Processing]
        ... Hint: postprocessor [Processing]
        ... c2nim.nim(87, 17) Error: type mismatch: got (PNode, string, string)
        ... but expected one of: 
        ... proc renderModule(n: PNode; filename: string; renderFlags: TRenderFlags = {})
Sat Oct 21 15:16:55 SAST 2017
david@david-pc:/tmp/z$ 

ah, it's the issue with your compiler package
try
nimble install -d c2nim
or
nimble install compiler@#head

[wizzardx]

Thanks! Both of those work for me.

For reference (removing ~/.nimble before each run):

nimble install compiler@#head; nimble install c2nim@#head; date

And also this command:

nimble install -d c2nim; date

[ntdef]

The above fix is not working for me.
Here's what I did:

0. rm -rf ~/.nimble
1. nimble install compiler@#head
2. nimble install c2nim@#head

I get the following error:

... /Users/username/.nimble/pkgs/compiler-#head/compiler/ast.nim(1026, 33) 
Error: undeclared identifier: 'BackwardsIndex'

[dom96]

@ntdef maybe you just got unlucky with a broken commit of the compiler, try again?

[packetq]

@dom96 nope still broken with ntdef's error.

[dom96]

Oh, the issue is likely because you're running 0.17.2. Upgrading to devel should fix it.

That said, a 0.17.2 installation should already come with c2nim so I'm not sure why you're trying to install it.

[packetq]

Thanks dom96. I just grabbed the release archive from github, didn't see c2nim in there.

[dom96]

Grabbing an archive from github gets you the source code. These aren't release archives, they're source tarballs.

You should either use choosenim or grab a release from nim-lang.org.

[wizzardx]

I installed Nim 0.17.2 with choosenim, and that didn't install c2nim.

david@david-pc:/tmp$ curl https://nim-lang.org/choosenim/init.sh -sSf | sh
choosenim-init: Downloading choosenim-0.3.0_linux_amd64
    Prompt: Can choosenim record and send anonymised telemetry data? [y/n]
        ... Anonymous aggregate user analytics allow us to prioritise
        ... fixes and features based on how, where and when people use Nim.
        ... For more details see: https://goo.gl/NzUEPf.
    Answer: n
Downloading Nim 0.17.2 from nim-lang.org
[##################################################] 100.0% 0kb/s
 Extracting nim-0.17.2.tar.xz
   Building Nim 0.17.2
   Building tools (nimble, nimgrep, nimsuggest)
  Installed component 'nim'
  Installed component 'nimble'
  Installed component 'nimgrep'
  Installed component 'nimsuggest'
   Switched to Nim 0.17.2
choosenim-init: ChooseNim installed in /home/david/.nimble/bin
choosenim-init: You must now ensure that the Nimble bin dir is in your PATH.
choosenim-init: Place the following line in the ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc file.
choosenim-init:     export PATH=/home/david/.nimble/bin:$PATH

I see nim, nimsuggest, and the rest under .nimble/bin. I don't see c2nim under ~/.choosenim, either.

Using choosenim devel gets me a newer nim version (and nimble, nimgrep, etc), but doesn't get me c2nim (if I check under ~/.nimble/bin).

Running (from the devel version installed by choosenim), 'nimble install c2nim', fails like this:

        ... Hint: pegs [Processing]
        ... Hint: unicode [Processing]
        ... Hint: astalgo [Processing]
        ... Hint: rodutils [Processing]
        ... /tmp/nimble_2758/githubcom_nimlangNimgit_0.16.0/compiler/rodutils.nim(25, 14) Error: type mismatch: got (array[0..80, char], string, BiggestFloat)
        ... but expected one of: 
        ... proc c_sprintf(buf, frmt: cstring)

Installing like this (still from devel from choosenim devel):

nimble install compiler@#head
nimble install c2nim@#head

Seems to work.

So, looks like you need to first have the latest devel version of Nim setup, and then run those two commands to get c2nim.

[dom96]

Looks like I'm wrong then. The release archive doesn't include c2nim.

Getting c2nim to install properly on Nim 0.17.2 and devel is challenging.