quvi: can't find binary module 'socket.core' from luasockets

[AbigailBuccaneer]

Issue description

Running quvi fails, complaining about the Lua module socket.core. This file is present in the LuaSocket installation, but seemingly not on the package search path.

Steps to reproduce

$ nix-shell --pure -p quvi --command "quvi get 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvH5qU1qBXY'"

** (get:10632): CRITICAL **: [_chk_script_ident] ...y0zwwmv8w-lua5.1-socket-3.0-rc1/share/lua/5.1/socket.lua:12: module 'socket.core' not found:
	no field package.preload['socket.core']
	no file '/nix/store/fcin67bpbkb25ra9vhp4v30y0zwwmv8w-lua5.1-socket-3.0-rc1/share/lua/5.1/socket/core.lua'
	no file '/nix/store/rplam6m9nal889q73ffwjv8iyjgcwdaw-quvi-scripts-0.9.20131130/share/libquvi-scripts/0.9/common/socket/core.lua'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.2/socket/core.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.2/loadall.so'
	no file './socket/core.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.2/socket.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.2/loadall.so'
	no file './socket.so'
error: while initializing libquvi: Could not find any subtitle scripts in the path
$

However, socket.core does exist:

$ tree /nix/store/fcin67bpbkb25ra9vhp4v30y0zwwmv8w-lua5.1-socket-3.0-rc1/
/nix/store/fcin67bpbkb25ra9vhp4v30y0zwwmv8w-lua5.1-socket-3.0-rc1/
├── lib
│   └── lua
│       └── 5.1
│           ├── mime
│           │   └── core.so
│           └── socket
│               └── core.so
└── share
    └── lua
        └── 5.1
            ├── ltn12.lua
            ├── mime.lua
            ├── socket
            │   ├── ftp.lua
            │   ├── headers.lua
            │   ├── http.lua
            │   ├── smtp.lua
            │   ├── tp.lua
            │   └── url.lua
            └── socket.lua

9 directories, 11 files
$

Technical details

• System: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
• Nix version: nix-env (Nix) 1.11.4
• Nixpkgs version: "17.03pre94828.ecbb932"

[AbigailBuccaneer]

cc @mornfall (the maintainer for both quvi and luasocket).

Also, probably a separate bug for the Lua package, but I'm not sure if the package search path should include the /usr/lib/... entries.

[Profpatsch]

(triage) can you still reproduce?

[AbigailBuccaneer]

Yes, this is still reproducible:

$ nix-shell --pure -p quvi --command "quvi get 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvH5qU1qBXY'"
** (get:11121): CRITICAL **: 19:29:43.085: [_chk_script_ident] ...plh3hraj9-lua5.1-socket-3.0-rc1/share/lua/5.1/socket.lua:12: module 'socket.core' not found:
	no field package.preload['socket.core']
	no file '/nix/store/p9lzb23ghmgbh7z1p36ij9rplh3hraj9-lua5.1-socket-3.0-rc1/share/lua/5.1/socket/core.lua'
	no file '/nix/store/l3qhc0h7zqyxf4rgnnsck0dbnsjj6yjp-quvi-scripts-0.9.20131130/share/libquvi-scripts/0.9/common/socket/core.lua'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.2/socket/core.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.2/loadall.so'
	no file './socket/core.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.2/socket.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.2/loadall.so'
	no file './socket.so'
error: while initializing libquvi: Could not find any subtitle scripts in the path

Technical details

• System: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Nix version: nix-env (Nix) 2.0.4
• Nixpkgs version: "18.09pre143776.db0da282c37"

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[patka-123]

Quvi is no longer available in nixpkgs so I'm closing this issue.