New ‘guix pull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

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Konrad Hinsen
Leo Famulari
Ludovic Courtès
Pjotr Prins
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Pjotr Prins wrote on 17 Jul 2018 10:55

New ‘guix pull ’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

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Pjotr Prins wrote on 17 Jul 2018 11:42

Re: [bug#32183] New ‘guix p ull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

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Also, using a year old guix client gives the same error. It is in the

daemon.

Pjotr Prins wrote on 17 Jul 2018 11:51

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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 11:42:18AM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:

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> Also, using a year old guix client gives the same error. It is in the

> daemon.

And running an older daemon fixed it:

/gnu/store/4lk7j5693ikj7yiw2qpsbva5vkicxmp4-guix-0.14.0-13.7af5c2a/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild

Leo Famulari wrote on 17 Jul 2018 21:15

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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 10:55:41AM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:

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> > > Fails to build with below /gnu/store/8ahlc84zaj0iw9jpsdpa9wx4ms0s9cma-guix-daemon-0.15.0-1.4876bc8/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

There must be a typo in the code somewhere. The path should be
'/root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix'.Note the extra 'guix' path
component.

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 18 Jul 2018 00:23

control message for bug #32183

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reassign 32183 guix

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 18 Jul 2018 00:28

Re: [bug#32183] New ‘guix pull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Leo Famulari)(address . leo@famulari.name)

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Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:

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> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 10:55:41AM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:

>> > > Fails to build with below /gnu/store/8ahlc84zaj0iw9jpsdpa9wx4ms0s9cma-guix-daemon-0.15.0-1.4876bc8/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

> There must be a typo in the code somewhere. The path should be

> '/root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix'.Note the extra 'guix' path

> component.

Good catch! Fixed in 799dc53e9bfe605613cd2e7cb2c584282847fa84.

Thank you Leo & Pjotr.

Ludo’.

Closed

Pjotr Prins wrote on 24 Jul 2018 00:28

Re: [bug#32183] New ‘guix p ull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

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Message-ID:20180723222855.osvahab6uo677nfd@thebird.nl

Not completely sorted. Not sure what is going wrong but now starting

with guix 0.14 daemon and client and running guix pull a few times

successfully, running guix-daemon from $HOME/.config/guix/current/bin

and guix from a fresh git checkout using ./pre-inst-env guix I get

substitute: /gnu/store/x02v3j0h5q1d9bl3lwxavp8m9rpm3b7m-guix-daemon-0.15.0-2.8bbb79c/libexec/guix/substitute: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: No such file or directory

which is funny for two reasons - 1st this is a guix-daemon that

appears to be older (it is the same) referring to a directory that

does not exist - guix pull is in my $HOME/.config.

Note that it still downloads binaries, but won't do the final

symlinks in the profile.

On this machine I am stuck because whatever I do I get this error.

Only rolling back to 0.14 allows me to install software again

including guix. But then it stops in its tracks with above.

Pj.

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 26 Jul 2018 15:50

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Pjotr Prins)(address . pjotr.public12@thebird.nl)(address . 32183@debbugs.gnu.org)

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Hi Pjotr,

Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:

Toggle quote (11 lines)> Not completely sorted. Not sure what is going wrong but now starting
> with guix 0.14 daemon and client and running guix pull a few times
> successfully, running guix-daemon from $HOME/.config/guix/current/bin
> and guix from a fresh git checkout using ./pre-inst-env guix I get
>
> substitute: /gnu/store/x02v3j0h5q1d9bl3lwxavp8m9rpm3b7m-guix-daemon-0.15.0-2.8bbb79c/libexec/guix/substitute: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: No such file or directory
>
> which is funny for two reasons - 1st this is a guix-daemon that
> appears to be older (it is the same) referring to a directory that
> does not exist - guix pull is in my $HOME/.config.

Since ‘guix-daemon’ runs as root, the ‘guix-daemon’ package¹ assumes

that ~root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix exists. In fact, the only way

you can install the ‘guix-daemon’ package is by running ‘guix pull’, and

if you run ‘guix-daemon’ you run it as root, so ~root/.config/guix

necessarily exists.

Or could it be that you’re running ‘guix-daemon’ from

~/.config/guix/current as non-root? That would indeed fail.

In fact it may be enough to do:

exec ~/.config/guix/current/bin/guix …

instead of:

exec ~root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix …

in that ‘install’ phase of ‘guix-daemon’.

Thanks,

Ludo’.

¹ https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/package-management.scm#n301

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 2 Sep 2018 15:55

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Hi Pjotr,

What was the outcome of this bug?

https://bugs.gnu.org/32183

If it wasn’t resolved, could you answer the questions below?

Thanks in advance!

Ludo’.

ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:

Toggle quote (38 lines)> Hi Pjotr,
>
> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:
>
>> Not completely sorted. Not sure what is going wrong but now starting
>> with guix 0.14 daemon and client and running guix pull a few times
>> successfully, running guix-daemon from $HOME/.config/guix/current/bin
>> and guix from a fresh git checkout using ./pre-inst-env guix I get
>>
>> substitute: /gnu/store/x02v3j0h5q1d9bl3lwxavp8m9rpm3b7m-guix-daemon-0.15.0-2.8bbb79c/libexec/guix/substitute: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: No such file or directory
>>
>> which is funny for two reasons - 1st this is a guix-daemon that
>> appears to be older (it is the same) referring to a directory that
>> does not exist - guix pull is in my $HOME/.config.
>
> Since ‘guix-daemon’ runs as root, the ‘guix-daemon’ package¹ assumes
> that ~root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix exists.  In fact, the only way
> you can install the ‘guix-daemon’ package is by running ‘guix pull’, and
> if you run ‘guix-daemon’ you run it as root, so ~root/.config/guix
> necessarily exists.
>
> Or could it be that you’re running ‘guix-daemon’ from
> ~/.config/guix/current as non-root?  That would indeed fail.
>
> In fact it may be enough to do:
>
>   exec ~/.config/guix/current/bin/guix …
>
> instead of:
>
>   exec ~root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix …
>
> in that ‘install’ phase of ‘guix-daemon’.
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
>
> ¹ https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/package-management.scm#n301

Pjotr Prins wrote on 2 Sep 2018 16:28

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix p ull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)

Message-ID:20180902142855.llzongao3kraunys@thebird.nl

On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 03:55:06PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

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> Hi Pjotr,

> What was the outcome of this bug?

> https://bugs.gnu.org/32183

> If it wasn’t resolved, could you answer the questions below?

I still face this problem on one or two machines. I am running a

standard setup. Not sure what it is.

But since no one else is reporting I think it must be because I am

running some earlier tree checkout too for deployment. Something got

messed up.

You can close this issue for now. I'll simply reinstall Guix on these

machines and start building a recent tree.

Toggle quote (45 lines)> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Ludo’.
> 
> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:
> 
> > Hi Pjotr,
> >
> > Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:
> >
> >> Not completely sorted. Not sure what is going wrong but now starting
> >> with guix 0.14 daemon and client and running guix pull a few times
> >> successfully, running guix-daemon from $HOME/.config/guix/current/bin
> >> and guix from a fresh git checkout using ./pre-inst-env guix I get
> >>
> >> substitute: /gnu/store/x02v3j0h5q1d9bl3lwxavp8m9rpm3b7m-guix-daemon-0.15.0-2.8bbb79c/libexec/guix/substitute: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: No such file or directory
> >>
> >> which is funny for two reasons - 1st this is a guix-daemon that
> >> appears to be older (it is the same) referring to a directory that
> >> does not exist - guix pull is in my $HOME/.config.
> >
> > Since ‘guix-daemon’ runs as root, the ‘guix-daemon’ package¹ assumes
> > that ~root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix exists.  In fact, the only way
> > you can install the ‘guix-daemon’ package is by running ‘guix pull’, and
> > if you run ‘guix-daemon’ you run it as root, so ~root/.config/guix
> > necessarily exists.
> >
> > Or could it be that you’re running ‘guix-daemon’ from
> > ~/.config/guix/current as non-root?  That would indeed fail.
> >
> > In fact it may be enough to do:
> >
> >   exec ~/.config/guix/current/bin/guix …
> >
> > instead of:
> >
> >   exec ~root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix …
> >
> > in that ‘install’ phase of ‘guix-daemon’.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ludo’.
> >
> > ¹ https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/package-management.scm#n301
>

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 2 Sep 2018 22:04

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Pjotr Prins)(address . pjotr.public12@thebird.nl)(address . 32183-done@debbugs.gnu.org)

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Hi,

Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:

Toggle quote (16 lines)> On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 03:55:06PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Hi Pjotr,
>> 
>> What was the outcome of this bug?
>> 
>>   https://bugs.gnu.org/32183
>> 
>> If it wasn’t resolved, could you answer the questions below?
>
> I still face this problem on one or two machines. I am running a
> standard setup. Not sure what it is.
>
> But since no one else is reporting I think it must be because I am
> running some earlier tree checkout too for deployment. Something got
> messed up.

OK. Do reopen it if it shows up again.

Thanks,

Ludo’.

Closed

Konrad Hinsen wrote on 5 Sep 2018 17:27

Me too!

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Hi Ludo and Pjotr,

I just ran into this bug as well:

./pre-inst-env guix build python-matplotlib

@ build-started /gnu/store/33hf690qiwrvr0y59g9xwz6rpf3mmbj6-matplotlib-2.2.3.tar.gz.drv - x86_64-linux /var/log/guix/drvs/33//hf690qiwrvr0y59g9xwz6rpf3mmbj6-matplotlib-2.2.3.tar.gz.drv.bz2

/gnu/store/1w41y8q12r3dw8iphl5rpkr508881y50-guix-daemon-0.15.0-2.8bbb79c/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

/gnu/store/1w41y8q12r3dw8iphl5rpkr508881y50-guix-daemon-0.15.0-2.8bbb79c/libexec/guix/download: line 8: exec: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: cannot execute: Permission denied

...

(resulting build failure etc., nothing interesting)

This is on recent source code checkout (commit

fefe17b0888b467383ea91fed73a9586295c49f0) with a small modification

(update of hdf5 to 1.10.3).

My guix-daemon is started via systemd at boot time, so it should run as

root. It's from root's guix, which is about two weeks old and has not

caused any trouble before.

Konrad.

Pjotr Prins wrote on 6 Sep 2018 23:10

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix p ull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)

Message-ID:20180906211033.nszav6ubctku737d@thebird.nl

On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 10:04:32PM +0200, Ludovic Courtï¿½s wrote:

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> OK. Do reopen it if it shows up again.

Just to report that I did a successful install on one of those

machines. Starting with a 0.14 guix as root

guix pull

restarted daemon using the new one in /root/.config/current/bin/

switched to normal user using the guix pointed in that directory

/gnu/store/47hhyj0l4nk4na09qx1b66sz1wvpx95i-guix-command pull

Next I could run

~/.config/current/bin/guix ...

everything appeared hunky dory until I need to build a package

/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: exec: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: cannot execute: Permission denied

builder for `/gnu/store/2q486ivskp2vm2rq10rs4pq949zkcz8h-evaluate_0.11.tar.gz.drv' failed with exit code 126

cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/qaaf8i893x0ivfnw6q19l0rq5gkmlbmj-r-evaluate-0.11.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built

cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/frxjc6iwwflasmj3wcm5s2934mgziaj6-r-fansi-0.3.0.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built

cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/p3d9km0fi423nl66q5ncvkxcnj2kz6bv-r-rsqlite-2.1.1.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built

guix package: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/p3d9km0fi423nl66q5ncvkxcnj2kz6bv-r-rsqlite-2.1.1.drv' failed

Again as root I did another guix pull. It instates the same daemon

/root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon -> /gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/bin/guix-daemon

Now guix pull fails in $USER

which guix

/home/wrk/.config/guix/current/bin/guix

guix pull

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

Building from this channel:

guix https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git 91cc2a3

guile: warning: failed to install locale

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

Downloading https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/guix/nar/gzip/xw7kc681ivcls1lpp0qy0xljljzd70dr-groff-1.22.3...

groff-1.22.3 2.7MiB 1.2MiB/s 00:02 [##################] 100.0%

/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: exec: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: cannot execute: Permission denied

builder for `/gnu/store/24ag580271wa640529ycykdwj0lk0g6z-curl-7.61.1.tar.xz.drv' failed with exit code 126

cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/17lw3svpjqygpj739yynyz6b8abddikx-curl-7.61.1.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built

Backtrace:

18 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/blfsj798qh4i2pmrcvyaidmsdiz?")

In ice-9/eval.scm:

155:9 17 (_ _)

Can you think of a way of getting out of this loop? What am I doing wrong here?

Pj.

Closed

Pjotr Prins wrote on 9 Sep 2018 09:20

Recipients:(name . Pjotr Prins)(address . pjotr.public12@thebird.nl)

Message-ID:20180909072004.nxdwhrtyob53uznz@thebird.nl

Dear Ludo,

If I understand 'guix pull' correctly below should simply not be

possible, right? I mean, once you do a guix pull you have the latest

and the greatest and there should be no interference? Intriguingly

this does not happen on all my systems, just on 2 - notably my laptop

I am using in Southern France ;)

Pj.

On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 11:10:33PM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:

Toggle quote (61 lines)> On Sun, Sep 02, 2018 at 10:04:32PM +0200, Ludovic Courtï¿½s wrote:
> > OK.  Do reopen it if it shows up again.
> 
> Just to report that I did a successful install on one of those
> machines. Starting with a 0.14 guix as root
> 
>   guix pull
> 
> restarted daemon using the new one in /root/.config/current/bin/
> 
> switched to normal user using the guix pointed in that directory
> 
>   /gnu/store/47hhyj0l4nk4na09qx1b66sz1wvpx95i-guix-command pull
> 
> Next I could run 
> 
>   ~/.config/current/bin/guix ...
> 
> everything appeared hunky dory until I need to build a package
> 
> 	/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: Permission denied
> 	/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: exec: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: cannot execute: Permission denied
> 	builder for `/gnu/store/2q486ivskp2vm2rq10rs4pq949zkcz8h-evaluate_0.11.tar.gz.drv' failed with exit code 126
> 	cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/qaaf8i893x0ivfnw6q19l0rq5gkmlbmj-r-evaluate-0.11.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
> 	cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/frxjc6iwwflasmj3wcm5s2934mgziaj6-r-fansi-0.3.0.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
> 	cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/p3d9km0fi423nl66q5ncvkxcnj2kz6bv-r-rsqlite-2.1.1.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
> 	guix package: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/p3d9km0fi423nl66q5ncvkxcnj2kz6bv-r-rsqlite-2.1.1.drv' failed
> 
> Again as root I did another guix pull. It instates the same daemon
> 
>   /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon -> /gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/bin/guix-daemon
> 
> Now guix pull fails in $USER
> 
>   which guix
>   /home/wrk/.config/guix/current/bin/guix
> 
>   guix pull
> 
> 	Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
> 	Building from this channel:
> 		guix      https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git   91cc2a3
> 	guile: warning: failed to install locale
> 	substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> 	substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> 	Downloading https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/guix/nar/gzip/xw7kc681ivcls1lpp0qy0xljljzd70dr-groff-1.22.3...
> 	 groff-1.22.3  2.7MiB                                                                   1.2MiB/s 00:02 [##################] 100.0%
> 
> 	/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: Permission denied
> 	/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: exec: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: cannot execute: Permission denied
> 	builder for `/gnu/store/24ag580271wa640529ycykdwj0lk0g6z-curl-7.61.1.tar.xz.drv' failed with exit code 126
> 	cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/17lw3svpjqygpj739yynyz6b8abddikx-curl-7.61.1.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
> 	Backtrace:
> 						18 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/blfsj798qh4i2pmrcvyaidmsdiz?")
> 	In ice-9/eval.scm:
> 			155:9 17 (_ _)
> 
> Can you think of a way of getting out of this loop? What am I doing wrong here?
> 
> Pj.
>

Closed

Pjotr Prins wrote on 9 Sep 2018 16:02

Recipients:(name . Pjotr Prins)(address . pjotr.public12@thebird.nl)

Message-ID:20180909140225.ggrygcwf7l6jnxsw@thebird.nl

It is working now. After a guix pull I did a guix package -i guix in a

new profile. Restarting the daemon from there it stopped complaining!

I don't know why the deamon from guix pull straight was not working,

but at least guix is building again.

Pj.

Closed

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 9 Sep 2018 16:44

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Pjotr Prins)(address . pjotr.public12@thebird.nl)

Message-ID:87zhwq91dc.fsf@gnu.org

Hello,

Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:

Toggle quote (22 lines)>   guix pull
>
> 	Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
> 	Building from this channel:
> 		guix      https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git   91cc2a3
> 	guile: warning: failed to install locale
> 	substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> 	substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> 	Downloading https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/guix/nar/gzip/xw7kc681ivcls1lpp0qy0xljljzd70dr-groff-1.22.3...
> 	 groff-1.22.3  2.7MiB                                                                   1.2MiB/s 00:02 [##################] 100.0%
>
> 	/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: Permission denied
> 	/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: exec: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: cannot execute: Permission denied
> 	builder for `/gnu/store/24ag580271wa640529ycykdwj0lk0g6z-curl-7.61.1.tar.xz.drv' failed with exit code 126
> 	cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/17lw3svpjqygpj739yynyz6b8abddikx-curl-7.61.1.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
> 	Backtrace:
> 						18 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/blfsj798qh4i2pmrcvyaidmsdiz?")
> 	In ice-9/eval.scm:
> 			155:9 17 (_ _)
>
> Can you think of a way of getting out of this loop? What am I doing wrong here?

I don’t think you’re doing anything wrong. Could anyone of you who

experience this problem strace guix-daemon? I’ve thought about this and

don’t understand where that EACCES (“Permission denied”) comes from.

Specifically, you’d have to run something along these lines as root:

strace -f -p $(pidof guix-daemon) -o log

and then, as root or non-root (it doesn’t matter), run, say:

guix build curl -S --no-substitutes

Thanks in advance!

Ludo’.

Konrad Hinsen wrote on 11 Sep 2018 11:34

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Hi Ludo,

Toggle quote (12 lines)> I don’t think you’re doing anything wrong.  Could anyone of you who
> experience this problem strace guix-daemon?  I’ve thought about this and
> don’t understand where that EACCES (“Permission denied”) comes from.
>
> Specifically, you’d have to run something along these lines as root:
>
>   strace -f -p $(pidof guix-daemon) -o log
>
> and then, as root or non-root (it doesn’t matter), run, say:
>
>   guix build curl -S --no-substitutes

The log file (compressed) is attached.

In doing this I noticed that I have two guix-daemon processes running:

root 1583 0.0 0.0 33156 2412 ? Ss 08:55 0:00 /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild

root 13003 0.0 0.0 36028 6256 ? Ss 11:28 0:00 /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon 12770

I ran strace on the first one.

Konrad.

Attachment: guix-daemon-strace.log.gz

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 11 Sep 2018 12:12

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Hi Konrad,

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:

Toggle quote (17 lines)>> Specifically, you’d have to run something along these lines as root:
>>
>>   strace -f -p $(pidof guix-daemon) -o log
>>
>> and then, as root or non-root (it doesn’t matter), run, say:
>>
>>   guix build curl -S --no-substitutes
>
> The log file (compressed) is attached.
>
> In doing this I noticed that I have two guix-daemon processes running:
>
> root      1583  0.0  0.0  33156  2412 ?        Ss   08:55   0:00 /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon --build-users-group=guixbuild
> root     13003  0.0  0.0  36028  6256 ?        Ss   11:28   0:00 /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon 12770
>
> I ran strace on the first one.

Ooh, I see. The log shows this:

Toggle snippet (18 lines)

13795 setgroups(1, [999]) = 0

13795 setgid(999) = 0

13795 getgid() = 999

13795 getegid() = 999

13795 setuid(499) = 0

13795 getuid() = 499

13795 geteuid() = 499

[...]

13795 execve("/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download", ["download", "/gnu/store/j3swd19y4wzv6nrr13bv7"..., "/gnu/store/rdlndkf50sn0jq7bqkbhm"...], 0xa26f60 /* 17 vars */) = 0

[...]

13795 execve("/root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix", ["/root/.config/guix/current/bin/g"..., "perform-download", "/gnu/store/j3swd19y4wzv6nrr13bv7"..., "/gnu/store/rdlndkf50sn0jq7bqkbhm"...], 0x6c0530 /* 19 vars */) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)

13795 stat("/root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix", 0x7fffffffe1d0) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)

The download process is running as a build user, not as root, hence the

permission issue (silly me!).

Now we need to find a way to use ‘guix’ from root’s

~/.config/guix/current. A solution may be to expose that profile under

/var/guix/profiles. Needs more thought…

Thanks for helping out!

Ludo’.

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 11 Sep 2018 12:13

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severity 32183 important

Pjotr Prins wrote on 11 Sep 2018 15:23

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix p ull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)

Message-ID:20180911132313.7qtypjdc6y5ykjxd@thebird.nl

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:12:15PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

Toggle quote (7 lines)

> The download process is running as a build user, not as root, hence the

> permission issue (silly me!).

> Now we need to find a way to use ‘guix’ from root’s

> ~/.config/guix/current. A solution may be to expose that profile under

> /var/guix/profiles. Needs more thought…

Great! Any quick hacks to fix this? Even when I set all permissions open I get in the latest tree

./pre-inst-env guix package -i r-rqda -p ~/opt/rqda --substitute-urls="https://berlin.guixsd.org" --verbose

Building /gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv - x86_64-linux

/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

/gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: exec: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: cannot execute: Permission denied

builder for `/gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv' failed with exit code 126

Build failed: /gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv - 1 builder for `/gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv' failed with exit code

Pjotr Prins wrote on 11 Sep 2018 15:58

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On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 03:23:13PM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:

Toggle quote (18 lines)> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:12:15PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > The download process is running as a build user, not as root, hence the
> > permission issue (silly me!).
> > 
> > Now we need to find a way to use ‘guix’ from root’s
> > ~/.config/guix/current.  A solution may be to expose that profile under
> > /var/guix/profiles.  Needs more thought…
> 
> Great! Any quick hacks to fix this? Even when I set all permissions open I get in the latest tree
> 
> ./pre-inst-env guix package -i r-rqda -p ~/opt/rqda --substitute-urls="https://berlin.guixsd.org" --verbose
> 
> Building /gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv - x86_64-linux
> /gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: Permission denied
> /gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: exec: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: cannot execute: Permission denied
> builder for `/gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv' failed with exit code 126
> Build failed: /gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv - 1 builder for `/gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv' failed with exit code

Hmmm. It fixed itself when I added the mirror substitute URL again.
After that it successfully built ghostscript. Looks like the building
problem only exists in the pre-building track of guix where it builds
packages for its own use?

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 11 Sep 2018 16:26

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

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Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:

Toggle quote (10 lines)> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:12:15PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> The download process is running as a build user, not as root, hence the
>> permission issue (silly me!).
>> 
>> Now we need to find a way to use ‘guix’ from root’s
>> ~/.config/guix/current.  A solution may be to expose that profile under
>> /var/guix/profiles.  Needs more thought…
>
> Great! Any quick hacks to fix this?

A quick workaround is to run ‘guix-daemon’ from the ‘guix’ package. So,

as root, you’d do:

guix pull # if you haven’t done it recently

guix package -i guix # to install or upgrade guix

Then make sure your systemd (or whatever) config file returns to

/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/bin/guix-daemon as it

does when you install Guix from the binary tarball.

HTH!

Ludo’.

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 11 Sep 2018 16:27

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Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl> skribis:

Toggle quote (24 lines)> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 03:23:13PM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 12:12:15PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> > The download process is running as a build user, not as root, hence the
>> > permission issue (silly me!).
>> > 
>> > Now we need to find a way to use ‘guix’ from root’s
>> > ~/.config/guix/current.  A solution may be to expose that profile under
>> > /var/guix/profiles.  Needs more thought…
>> 
>> Great! Any quick hacks to fix this? Even when I set all permissions open I get in the latest tree
>> 
>> ./pre-inst-env guix package -i r-rqda -p ~/opt/rqda --substitute-urls="https://berlin.guixsd.org" --verbose
>> 
>> Building /gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv - x86_64-linux
>> /gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: Permission denied
>> /gnu/store/sf84mb2y5vcykwq9fv02l2nipp34qng2-guix-daemon-0.15.0-3.3d43017/libexec/guix/download: line 8: exec: /root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix: cannot execute: Permission denied
>> builder for `/gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv' failed with exit code 126
>> Build failed: /gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv - 1 builder for `/gnu/store/nknybsl5a9wnfgd9bs13fzmjwa382ys2-libgcrypt-1.8.3.tar.bz2.drv' failed with exit code
>
> Hmmm. It fixed itself when I added the mirror substitute URL again.
> After that it successfully built ghostscript. Looks like the building
> problem only exists in the pre-building track of guix where it builds
> packages for its own use?

The issue affects downloads only (fixed-output derivations, not

substitutes.)

Ludo’.

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 11 Oct 2018 18:32

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Hi there!

I believe commit ed9d7cb4d95f8f4776e6fee2778ab52bc2852969 fixes it.

That is, if you run ‘guix pull’ as root and then start

~/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon, everything should be fine.

Thanks,

Ludo’.

Closed

Konrad Hinsen wrote on 12 Oct 2018 08:59

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’ /root/.con fig/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

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Hi Ludo,

Toggle quote (4 lines)

> I believe commit ed9d7cb4d95f8f4776e6fee2778ab52bc2852969 fixes it.

> That is, if you run ‘guix pull’ as root and then start

> ~/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon, everything should be fine.

Let's say the bug seems to be elsewhere now ;-)

When I try to build something after following your instructions, I get

the error message

/gnu/store/bkkf11ixn67cwcw05nw9w9yd68i4jf23-guix-daemon-0.15.0-5.1d0be47/libexec/guix/download:

line 8: /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix: No such

file or directory

And indeed there is no guix at that place. I guess it should be

/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/guix-profile/bin/guix

I can try fixing the download script and testing again, but not before

next week, sorry!

Konrad.

Closed

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 12 Oct 2018 14:57

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Konrad Hinsen)(address . konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net)

Message-ID:87o9bziapa.fsf@gnu.org

Hello,

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:

Toggle quote (13 lines)>> I believe commit ed9d7cb4d95f8f4776e6fee2778ab52bc2852969 fixes it.
>>
>> That is, if you run ‘guix pull’ as root and then start
>> ~/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon, everything should be fine.
> Let's say the bug seems to be elsewhere now ;-)
>
> When I try to build something after following your instructions, I get
> the error message
>
> /gnu/store/bkkf11ixn67cwcw05nw9w9yd68i4jf23-guix-daemon-0.15.0-5.1d0be47/libexec/guix/download:
> line 8: /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix: No
> such file or directory

Hmm you might need to run, say, ‘guix pull -l’, to make this script

magically appear. :-)

Concretely, the new ‘guix pull’ migrates things from ~/.config/guix to

/var/guix/profiles the first time you run it, but it may be that you

haven’t yet run the *new* ‘guix pull’.

HTH,

Ludo’.

Closed

Pjotr Prins wrote on 14 Oct 2018 20:12

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix p ull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)

Message-ID:20181014181218.qeu7sctebqacqhlp@thebird.nl

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 06:32:20PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

Toggle quote (7 lines)

> Hi there!

> I believe commit ed9d7cb4d95f8f4776e6fee2778ab52bc2852969 fixes it.

> That is, if you run ‘guix pull’ as root and then start

> ~/.config/guix/current/bin/guix-daemon, everything should be fine.

It works on one problematic machine. Thanks!

Pj.

Closed

Konrad Hinsen wrote on 15 Oct 2018 13:59

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’ /root/.con fig/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Ludovic Courtès)(address . ludo@gnu.org)(address . 32183-done@debbugs.gnu.org)

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Hi Ludo,

Toggle quote (7 lines)

> Hmm you might need to run, say, ‘guix pull -l’, to make this script

> magically appear. :-)

> Concretely, the new ‘guix pull’ migrates things from ~/.config/guix to

> /var/guix/profiles the first time you run it, but it may be that you

> haven’t yet run the *new* ‘guix pull’.

That looks like the right direction, since running "guix pull -l" starts

by saying

�� Migrating profile generations to '/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root'...

Unfortunately, its next statement is just as magic but less pleasant:

Backtrace:

�� 6 (primitive-load "/root/.config/guix/current/bin/guix")

In guix/ui.scm:

� 1583:12� 5 (run-guix-command _ . _)

In ice-9/boot-9.scm:

�� 829:9� 4 (catch srfi-34 #<procedure 337dc80 at guix/ui.scm:615:…> …)

�� 829:9� 3 (catch system-error #<procedure 337dd20 at guix/script…> …)

�� 829:9� 2 (catch git-error #<procedure 337dbe0 at guix/scripts/p…> …)

�� 829:9� 1 (catch system-error #<procedure 3391a60 at guix/script…> …)

In unknown file:

�� 0 (raise #<condition &profile-not-found-error [profile: "…>)

ERROR: In procedure raise:

Wrong type (expecting exact integer): #<condition

&profile-not-found-error [profile:

"/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix"] 338b460>

This looks like an error in an error-raising procedure, something like�

a meta-error ;-)

Looking at

� ~# ls -l /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix

�� lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 oct.� 15 13:51

/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix -> current-4-link

yields� a link that is indeed missing. What I do have is

current-guix-4-link, but not a plain current-4-link.

Konrad.

Closed

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 15 Oct 2018 21:33

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

Recipients:(name . Konrad Hinsen)(address . konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net)(address . 32183-done@debbugs.gnu.org)

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Hi Konrad,

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:

Toggle quote (3 lines)

> This looks like an error in an error-raising procedure, something

> like� a meta-error ;-)

The horror bug department worked hard to deliver this one. :-)

Toggle quote (9 lines)

> Looking at

> � ~# ls -l /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix

> �� lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 oct.� 15 13:51

> /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix -> current-4-link

> yields� a link that is indeed missing. What I do have is

> current-guix-4-link, but not a plain current-4-link.

Yes, it’s one of the thinkos I made, fixed in

aa227b3be3d7728331a08dbd139c47c9b271dc23.

If you’re familiar with Dired in Emacs, I’d suggest opening

/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root and fixing the symlink targets from

there (with C-c C-q).

If not I can try and come up with a script to do that.

Apologies for the mess!

Ludo’.

Closed

Konrad Hinsen wrote on 16 Oct 2018 12:41

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Hi Ludo,

Toggle quote (4 lines)

> If you’re familiar with Dired in Emacs, I’d suggest opening

> /var/guix/profiles/per-user/root and fixing the symlink targets from

> there (with C-c C-q).

Done. And after rebooting, guix seems to work fine for root, including

the download phase. Meaning that I consider this bug fixed.

But there still seems to be some collateral damage, since I could not

use "guix pull" any more on my standard user account:

$ guix pull

Migrating profile generations to '/var/guix/profiles/per-user/hinsen'...

guix pull: error: rename-file: Invalid cross-device link

This looks like guix is trying to use a hard link instead of a symbolic

link somewhere. I found a way around which I describe here for the

benefit of others who might find themselves in the same situation:

- check out a local copy of the Guix repository

- configure and make as described in the manual

- ./pre-inst-env guix pull

That does the profile migration using the very latest code. After that

the standard guix command seems to work fine again.

Konrad.

Closed

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 17 Oct 2018 10:44

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Hello Konrad,

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:

Toggle quote (7 lines)

> But there still seems to be some collateral damage, since I could not

> use "guix pull" any more on my standard user account:

> $ guix pull

> Migrating profile generations to '/var/guix/profiles/per-user/hinsen'...

> guix pull: error: rename-file: Invalid cross-device link

This was fixed in a subsequent commit:

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=8036b0942b89022147aaf9cd9940988fdbcc19ef

To work around it, you can pull from an older generation, along these

lines:

~/.config/guix/current-42-link/bin/guix pull

(This will work because this older guix won’t attempt to move your

generations to /var/guix/profiles, so it allows you to “jump over” the

bug.)

Let me know how it goes!

It’s terrible that a function like this that looks trivial has been

causing so much trouble. Sorry about that. :-/

Ludo’.

Closed

Konrad Hinsen wrote on 17 Oct 2018 11:17

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Message-ID:m1efcpylsq.fsf@fastmail.net

Hi Ludo,

Toggle quote (11 lines)> To work around it, you can pull from an older generation, along these
> lines:
>
>   ~/.config/guix/current-42-link/bin/guix pull
>
> (This will work because this older guix won’t attempt to move your
> generations to /var/guix/profiles, so it allows you to “jump over” the
> bug.)
>
> Let me know how it goes!

I cannot try any more because I already used another workaround, meaning

that my profiles are properly migrated.

Toggle quote (3 lines)

> It’s terrible that a function like this that looks trivial has been

> causing so much trouble. Sorry about that. :-/

Lesson learned: avoid messing around with mutable state. How about

creating a functional package manager? ;-)

Konrad.

Closed

Ludovic Courtès wrote on 18 Oct 2018 01:06

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Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> skribis:

Toggle quote (14 lines)>> To work around it, you can pull from an older generation, along these
>> lines:
>>
>>   ~/.config/guix/current-42-link/bin/guix pull
>>
>> (This will work because this older guix won’t attempt to move your
>> generations to /var/guix/profiles, so it allows you to “jump over” the
>> bug.)
>>
>> Let me know how it goes!
>
> I cannot try any more because I already used another workaround, meaning
> that my profiles are properly migrated.

Good.

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>> It’s terrible that a function like this that looks trivial has been

>> causing so much trouble. Sorry about that. :-/

> Lesson learned: avoid messing around with mutable state. How about

> creating a functional package manager? ;-)

That’s an idea worth pondering. :-)

Ludo’.

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swedebugia wrote on 2 Nov 2018 15:38

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’ /root/.con fig/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

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On 2018-10-17 11:17, Konrad Hinsen wrote:

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> Lesson learned: avoid messing around with mutable state. How about

> creating a functional package manager? ;-)

LOL

This whole update to guix pull was somewhat a breaking change, but

unfortunately it was very hard to imagine the repercussions (horrible

bugs) down the line...

Could it have been completely avoided by introducing it as such and

forced people to reinstall/upgrade by reinstall (overwriting all files

and invalidating the store etc.)?

Cheers

Swedebugia

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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 3 Nov 2018 15:13

Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

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Hello,

swedebugia <swedebugia@riseup.net> skribis:

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> This whole update to guix pull was somewhat a breaking change, but

> unfortunately it was very hard to imagine the repercussions (horrible

> bugs) down the line...

> Could it have been completely avoided by introducing it as such and

> forced people to reinstall/upgrade by reinstall (overwriting all files

> and invalidating the store etc.)?

Fundamentally, it’s just about moving files from ~/.config/guix to

/var/guix/profiles/per-user/$USER, which I thought was fairly harmless.

Also, the bug was around for a few days. Those who were away during

those days didn’t notice.

That said, I agree this was poorly handled. One way to improve it would

be to have several people run the code on their machine before it goes

to master (it’s the kind of code for which we can hardly write unit

tests, and it’s single-use code.)

Thanks,

Ludo’.

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