guix pull throws exception: wrong type argument in struct_vtable

I am trying to upgrade GuixSD, originally installed from the 0.13.0

amd64 USB image. However, the `guix pull' command exits badly.

```

root@watson ~# guix package -u

substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%

substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%

The following package will be upgraded:

guile-git 0.0-4.951a32c → 0.0-4.951a32c /gnu/store/cjg6sngjq540k38s5l3nfxpydybhpas0-guile-git-0.0-4.951a32c

nothing to be done

root@watson ~# guix pull

Updating from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...

Backtrace:

10 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/qzw8q4mbk5dymmkffi6k13jphzm…")

In guix/ui.scm:

1378:12 9 (run-guix-command _ . _)

In ice-9/boot-9.scm:

837:9 8 (catch _ _ #<procedure 7f1fa9b05b60 at guix/ui.scm:449…> …)

837:9 7 (catch _ _ #<procedure 7f1fa9b05b78 at guix/ui.scm:542…> …)

837:9 6 (catch _ _ #<procedure 7f1fa6819bc8 at guix/scripts/pu…> …)

In guix/scripts/pull.scm:

272:27 5 (_)

In guix/git.scm:

115:29 4 (latest-repository-commit #<build-daemon 256.97 33dcf50> …)

In ice-9/boot-9.scm:

849:4 3 (with-throw-handler _ _ _)

In git/clone.scm:

44:14 2 (_ _ _ _)

In git/structs.scm:

398:26 1 (clone-options->pointer #<pointer 0x0>)

In ice-9/boot-9.scm:

760:25 0 (dispatch-exception _ _ _)

ice-9/boot-9.scm:760:25: In procedure dispatch-exception:

ice-9/boot-9.scm:760:25: In procedure struct_vtable: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting struct): #<pointer 0x0>

```

-Marco

Hi Marco,

Marco van Hulten <marco@hulten.org> skribis:

This has been fixed recently: https://bugs.gnu.org/29238. You’ll get

the fix on your next ‘git pull’.

In the meantime, there are 2 possible workarounds:

1. mkdir -p ~/.cache/guix/pull

cd ~/.cache/guix/pull

git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git\

pjmkglp4t7znuugeurpurzikxq3tnlaywmisyr27shj7apsnalwq

2. mv ~/.config/guix/latest{,.bak} && guix pull

Let me know how it goes.

Ludo’.

Ludo'-

Op 12 nov 21:24 schreef Ludovic Courtès:

The problem is solved after applying workaround 1.

Just now I started another `git pull' and there are again no syntax

errors (compiling...).

-Marco

close 29274

Hello,

Marco van Hulten <marco@hulten.org> skribis:

Good, thanks!

Ludo’.