Error in the "make -j$(nproc)" step

[Doomwhite]

I made an Ubuntu-22.04 wsl distro, fixed this error, so I could do the 'configure' step, and got this error in the "make -j$(nproc)" step:

Error: error ("Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \"Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \\\"Eager macro-expansion
skipped due to cycle:
  … => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-archive.el\\\\\\\") => (macroexpand-all …) => (macroexpand (eval-and-compile …)) => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-gvfs.el\\\\\\\") => (load \\\\\\\"tramp.el\\\\\\\") => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-archive.el\\\\\\\")\\\")\")")
  mapbacktrace(#f(compiled-function (evald func args flags) #<bytecode 0xc1f126b23ae8647>))
  debug-early-backtrace()
  debug-early(error (error "Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \"Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \\\"Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle:\n  … => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-archive.el\\\\\\\") => (macroexpand-all …) => (macroexpand (eval-and-compile …)) => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-gvfs.el\\\\\\\") => (load \\\\\\\"tramp.el\\\\\\\") => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-archive.el\\\\\\\")\\\")\")"))
  error("Eager macro-expansion failure: %S" (error "Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \"Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle:\n  … => (load \\\"tramp-archive.el\\\") => (macroexpand-all …) => (macroexpand (eval-and-compile …)) => (load \\\"tramp-gvfs.el\\\") => (load \\\"tramp.el\\\") => (load \\\"tramp-archive.el\\\")\")"))
  internal-macroexpand-for-load((eval-when-compile (require 'epg)) nil)
  load-with-code-conversion("/home/doomwhite/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el" "/home/doomwhite/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/package.el" nil t)
  require(package)
  load-with-code-conversion("/home/doomwhite/emacs/lisp/finder.el" "/home/doomwhite/emacs/lisp/finder.el" nil t)
  INFO     Scanning files for custom...40%
  command-line-1(("-l" "finder" "--eval" "(setq generated-finder-keywords-file (unmsys--file-name \"./finder-inf.el\"))" "-f" "finder-compile-keywords-make-dist" "." "./calc" "./calendar" "./cedet" "./cedet/ede" "./cedet/semantic" "./cedet/semantic/analyze" "./cedet/semantic/bovine" "./cedet/semantic/decorate" "./cedet/semantic/symref" "./cedet/semantic/wisent" "./cedet/srecode" "./emacs-lisp" "./emulation" "./erc" "./eshell" "./gnus" "./image" "./international" "./language" "./mail" "./mh-e" "./net" "./nxml" "./org" "./play" "./progmodes" "./textmodes" "./url" "./use-package" "./vc"))
  command-line()
  normal-top-level()
Eager macro-expansion failure: (error "Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \"Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle:
  … => (load \\\"tramp-archive.el\\\") => (macroexpand-all …) => (macroexpand (eval-and-compile …)) => (load \\\"tramp-gvfs.el\\\") => (load \\\"tramp.el\\\") => (load \\\"tramp-archive.el\\\")\")")
make[2]: *** [Makefile:164: finder-inf.el] Error 255
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
  ELC      org/org-macro.elc
  INFO     Scanning files for custom...50%
  ELC      org/org-element.elc
  INFO     Scanning files for custom...60%
  INFO     Scanning files for custom...70%
  INFO     Scanning files for custom...80%
  INFO     Scanning files for custom...90%

In toplevel form:
org/ox.el:82:2: Error: Eager macro-expansion failure: (error "Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \"Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \\\"Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle:
  … => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-archive.el\\\\\\\") => (macroexpand-all …) => (macroexpand (eval-and-compile …)) => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-gvfs.el\\\\\\\") => (load \\\\\\\"tramp.el\\\\\\\") => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-archive.el\\\\\\\")\\\")\")")
make[3]: *** [Makefile:327: org/ox.elc] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

In toplevel form:
org/ox-texinfo.el:33:2: Error: Eager macro-expansion failure: (error "Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \"Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \\\"Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle:
  … => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-archive.el\\\\\\\") => (macroexpand-all …) => (macroexpand (eval-and-compile …)) => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-gvfs.el\\\\\\\") => (load \\\\\\\"tramp.el\\\\\\\") => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-archive.el\\\\\\\")\\\")\")")
make[3]: *** [Makefile:327: org/ox-texinfo.elc] Error 1
  INFO     Scanning files for custom...100%
  INFO     Scanning files for custom...done
  INFO     Generating ./cus-load.el...

In toplevel form:
org/org-element.el:68:2: Error: Eager macro-expansion failure: (error "Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \"Eager macro-expansion failure: (error \\\"Eager macro-expansion skipped due to cycle:
  … => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-archive.el\\\\\\\") => (macroexpand-all …) => (macroexpand (eval-and-compile …)) => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-gvfs.el\\\\\\\") => (load \\\\\\\"tramp.el\\\\\\\") => (load \\\\\\\"tramp-archive.el\\\\\\\")\\\")\")")
make[3]: *** [Makefile:327: org/org-element.elc] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/doomwhite/emacs/lisp'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:383: main-first] Error 2
  INFO     Generating ./cus-load.el...done
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/doomwhite/emacs/lisp'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:533: lisp] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/doomwhite/emacs'
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/doomwhite/emacs'
***
*** "make all" failed with exit status 2.
***
*** You could try to:
*** - run "make bootstrap", which might fix the problem
*** - run "make V=1", which displays the full commands invoked by make,
***   to further investigate the problem
***
make[1]: *** [Makefile:414: advice-on-failure] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/doomwhite/emacs'
make: *** [Makefile:370: all] Error 2

The following file has the complete history of that distro.
logs.txt

[hubisan]

I really can't help you with this error (have installed Emacs several times with WSL Ubuntu 22.04 with no issue). You might try the following:

• Update WSL, all packages and the system before installing Emacs:

  • In cmd run:

    wsl --shutdown
    wsl --update
    

  • In WSL run:

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt upgrade -y
    sudo apt full-upgrade
    

  • Clean the Emacs installation.
    Go to the directory where you tried to install Emacs from and run:

    sudo make uninstall
    sudo make clean
    

• Try installing Emacs with snap (this apparently works now according to this issue)

  • Check if systemd support is enabled

  • Run wsl --shutdown in cmd

  • Start WSL

  • Install Snap

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install snapd
    

  • Install Emacs with snap

    sudo snap install emacs --classic
    

• Try another Emacs version. Maybe the latest from master as this might be an error which was fixed.

[Doomwhite]

The first option didn't work, the snap option did work, but it's only working on terminal mode, even without using -nw.
This is my wsl --version output:

WSL version: 2.1.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.146.1-2
WSLg version: 1.0.60
MSRDC version: 1.2.5105
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.19044.2965

[Doomwhite]

Followed this guide to make the graphical window appear on windows, is there an alternative?

[hubisan]

WSL2 has WSLg so graphical Emacs should work out of the box.

Do other apps run in a graphical window? You can test this with for instance xeyes:

sudo apt install x11-apps
xeyes

I have exactly the same WSL Version and Ubuntu 22.04. Strange that your installation doesn't work.

WSL-Version: 2.1.5.0
Kernelversion: 5.15.146.1-2
WSLg-Version: 1.0.60
MSRDC-Version: 1.2.5105
Direct3D-Version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore-Version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp

[hubisan]

You might have to run export GDK_BACKEND=x11 before launching Emacs. WSL might default to wayland and the snap is not using wayland (not using the --with-pgtk flag).

Just checked, my Emacs launches also without using the above.

[hubisan]

Were you able to solve your issue?

In the blog post you mentionned using X410 there is also a link to an updated post using WSLg.

[Doomwhite]

WSL2 has WSLg so graphical Emacs should work out of the box.

Do other apps run in a graphical window? You can test this with for instance xeyes:

sudo apt install x11-apps
xeyes

I have exactly the same WSL Version and Ubuntu 22.04. Strange that your installation doesn't work.

WSL-Version: 2.1.5.0
Kernelversion: 5.15.146.1-2
WSLg-Version: 1.0.60
MSRDC-Version: 1.2.5105
Direct3D-Version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore-Version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp

I tried the command:

doomwhite@DESKTOP-BQ45CCC:/mnt/c$ sudo apt install x11-apps
doomwhite@DESKTOP-BQ45CCC:/mnt/c$ xeyes
Error: Can't open display:

Seem like there's an issue with my wslg, cuz vcsrx and X410 worked fine.

[Doomwhite]

Turns out, for some reason, guiApplications=false was set in my .wslconfig, tip for anyone having the same issue.