Can't run guix from external drive.

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  • Ludovic Courtès
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Jan wrote on 30 Dec 2019 20:31
(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
20191230203119.6eca44c1@interia.pl
Hi,
I tried running "guix install" from my USB hard drive and that's what I
got:

user@machine /media/user/Backup$
Backtrace:
4 (apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 7f9a0f679340>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
705:2 3 (call-with-prompt ("prompt") #<procedure 7f9a0f6902e0 …> …)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
619:8 2 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7f9a0f309140>)))
In ice-9/command-line.scm:
189:23 1 (load/lang "/home/lain/.config/guix/current/bin/guix")
In unknown file:
0 (getcwd)

ERROR: In procedure getcwd:
In procedure getcwd: There's no such a file or directory


Jan Wielkiewicz
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 2 Jan 2020 19:37
(name . Jan)(address . tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl)(address . 38821@debbugs.gnu.org)
877e29u2ko.fsf@gnu.org
Hi,

Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl> skribis:

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> I tried running "guix install" from my USB hard drive and that's what I
> got:
>
> user@machine /media/user/Backup$
> Backtrace:
> 4 (apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 7f9a0f679340>)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 705:2 3 (call-with-prompt ("prompt") #<procedure 7f9a0f6902e0 …> …)
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
> 619:8 2 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7f9a0f309140>)))
> In ice-9/command-line.scm:
> 189:23 1 (load/lang "/home/lain/.config/guix/current/bin/guix")
> In unknown file:
> 0 (getcwd)
>
> ERROR: In procedure getcwd:
> In procedure getcwd: There's no such a file or directory

It most likely means that the current working directory,
/media/user/Backup, was unmounted or somehow disappeared in the
meantime.

Can you confirm that this is the case?

Thanks,
Ludo’.
J
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Jan wrote on 7 Jan 2020 19:35
(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)(address . 38821@debbugs.gnu.org)
20200107193531.66c5936e@kompiuter
On Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:37:43 +0100
Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:

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>
> It most likely means that the current working directory,
> /media/user/Backup, was unmounted or somehow disappeared in the
> meantime.
>
> Can you confirm that this is the case?
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.

Yes, it only happens, if the disk is unmounted. Is that normal? If it
is, then a message telling what's wrong would be helpful.


Jan Wielkiewicz
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 8 Jan 2020 10:58
(name . Jan)(address . tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl)(address . 38821@debbugs.gnu.org)
87imlmfevz.fsf@gnu.org
Hi,

Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl> skribis:

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> On Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:37:43 +0100
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> It most likely means that the current working directory,
>> /media/user/Backup, was unmounted or somehow disappeared in the
>> meantime.
>>
>> Can you confirm that this is the case?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Ludo’.
>
> Yes, it only happens, if the disk is unmounted. Is that normal? If it
> is, then a message telling what's wrong would be helpful.

This issue is not specific to Guix: the ‘getcwd’ function fails if the
current working directory has been unmounted behind the back of the
calling process. IOW, another program would fail similar in these
circumstances. I don’t think there’s much that can be done.

Thanks,
Ludo’.
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