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Bug in "guix system init" |
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Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:06:14 +0200 |
The var/guix directory gets installed according to the configuration of
the host Guix, instead of the installed Guix (that is, /var).
This means that if someone (like me) configured the host Guix with
--prefix=/usr/local, the directory will be installed
into /usr/local/var/guix, which won't work, and will cause the installed
guix to see an empty /gnu/store.
This is dangerous because then, it will try to download glibc, and while
doing that, it will delete the existing one in /gnu/store, and kill the
operating system.
Workarounds:
1. Configure the host guix with --prefix=/
or
2. Once the system is initialized, move the var/guix folder (eg,
from /usr/local/var) to /var
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Re: bug#18049: Bug in "guix system init" |
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Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:41:46 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.130009 (Ma Gnus v0.9) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) |
Marek Benc <address@hidden> skribis:
> This means that if someone (like me) configured the host Guix with
> --prefix=/usr/local, the directory will be installed
> into /usr/local/var/guix, which won't work, and will cause the installed
> guix to see an empty /gnu/store.
Good catch. I believe this is fixed by commit a52127c.
Can you confirm that it works for you?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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