Re: "profil-drv" error or what am I doing wrong?

[Adam Pribyl]

On Thu, 12 Jun 2014, Ludovic Courtès wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Adam Pribyl <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > As there is no user list, let me use this one.
> >
> > I am trying the GNU Guix 0.6 as published in
> >
> > https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=7939
>
> I suppose you’re referring to the VM image, right?

Yes..

> > however I am not able to finish any "guix package -i" as it always
> > reports error in compilation, either profile.drv or perl etc.
>
> What error does it report?

This is what is at the end:

 makefile:550: recipe for target 'install.perl' failed
            make[1]: *** [install.perl] Error 28
            make[1]: Leaving directory 
'/tmp/nix-build-perl-5.16.1.drv-0/perl-5.16.1'
            makefile:535: recipe for target 'install' failed
            make: *** [install] Error 2
            phase `install' failed after 90 seconds
            builder for 
`/gnu/store/pg7qk32dirrqwagwd12n533v483hyipx-perl-5.16.1.drv' failed
             with exit code 1
            @ build-failed 
/gnu/store/pg7qk32dirrqwagwd12n533v483hyipx-perl-5.16.1.drv - 1 b
            uilder for 
`/gnu/store/pg7qk32dirrqwagwd12n533v483hyipx-perl-5.16.1.drv' failed
            with exit code 1
            @ build-started 
/gnu/store/shmbq7s0zmqc5xd0ab2cn6b2zsdz89ra-binutils-cross-boot0
            -2.24.drv - x86_64-linux 
/var/log/guix/drvs/sh//mbq7s0zmqc5xd0ab2cn6b2zsdz89ra-b
            inutils-cross-boot0-2.24.drv.bz2
            cannot build derivation 
`/gnu/store/5yz9vz3h79jqlkqiik5nwgxj894f9dmb-linux-libre
            -headers-3.3.8.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
            cannot build derivation 
`/gnu/store/im9knz29ylgi84ja8q2vagazkkrp7w5w-vim-7.4.drv
            ': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
            cannot build derivation 
`/gnu/store/7k7sfnv99d948yh3a8sz3ia36zz4kvrg-profile.drv
            ': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
            guix package: error: build failed: build of 
`/gnu/store/7k7sfnv99d948yh3a8sz3ia3
            6zz4kvrg-profile.drv' failed
            1104 operations
            [ 2147.754972] guix (905) used greatest stack depth: 3968 
bytes left
            address@hidden


I am still somehow unsure, how to correctly work with guix - e.g. what to 
do if some build fails? Are the already build packages still there? How do 
I start clean build of whole dependency chain?


> > BTW: in the X session I can not switch to root as there is no "su"
> > available by default.
>
> Yes, this has been fixed since then.
>
> > guix refresh just prints various packages that "would be upgraded" but
> > does nothing.
>
> That’s intended:
>
>  http://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/guix.html#Invoking-guix-refresh
>
> As noted there, the primary audience of the guix refresh command is
> developers of the GNU software distribution.

OK, how do I then upgrade all packages, e.g. to get to "master" status?

guix package -u
says "nothing to be done".

guix pull
prints few messages and then just sits there, doing nothing.

address@hidden guix pull
            accepted connection from pid 25883, uid 0
            starting download of `guix-file.FvG4HK' from 
`http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/g
            uix.git/snapshot/guix-master.tar.gz'...
            http://git.savannah.gnu.org/.../guix-master.tar.gz      6328.1 
KiB transferred
            The following derivations will be built:
               /gnu/store/dx6awxpri6s5n1hvz8ah1k7lga16d6lm-guix-latest.drv

/gnu/store/hak6ligbsmqrqns1g2gagg0pmklhva73-pkg-config-0.27.1.drv

/gnu/store/shmbq7s0zmqc5xd0ab2cn6b2zsdz89ra-binutils-cross-boot0-2.24.drv
               /gnu/store/pg7qk32dirrqwagwd12n533v483hyipx-perl-5.16.1.drv

/gnu/store/5yz9vz3h79jqlkqiik5nwgxj894f9dmb-linux-libre-headers-3.3.8.drv

/gnu/store/64lzm3zc8ndxss5wn0jgbxdpwjaam0zm-findutils-4.4.2.drv

/gnu/store/6x2zwiamdwzh2a3iq0a3zm1k1r05p900-diffutils-3.3.drv
               /gnu/store/7gz7rqrg9v6zr8vsxpwd299zws8siqc8-make-4.0.drv
               /gnu/store/gif1916apz6v2w9yl7p79pas3m3rc5pp-tar-1.27.1.drv
               /gnu/store/kfd74bkyc6zihysa0dh5kq7j2rwblfcx-patch-2.7.1.drv
               /gnu/store/q55k342x0rm16cidc4521ffckpab0dzf-sed-4.2.2.drv
               /gnu/store/qrxglkjsb61pvwjnzinmi7smyacjnc0w-gzip-1.6.drv
               /gnu/store/1ynv017dz1dxp3y4a7qbjsq80wh503kp-tar-1.27.1.drv


> > I am confused with dmd too at I do not know how to list running
> > services, therefore I can not enable or disable anything as I do not
> > know what is available.
>
> As root, try running ‘deco status dmd’; more info at:
>
>  http://www.gnu.org/software/dmd/manual/dmd.html#Invoking-deco


It may not look that way, but I'm trying to read the doc, but this was 
really a not obvious to get the list of services by quering dmd status, 
while one has to know it has to query dmd. I was looking for something 
like "deeco list-services"


> To become root on the 0.6 VM image, you’ll have to switch to VT 1, and
> from there log in as root.

Not that easy with qemu but I managed it by qemu console sendkey command.

> If this is an option for you, I’d recommend trying Guix from master, or
> waiting until 0.7 is out (within a month or so.)
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.

Thank you

Adam Pribyl