Received: (at 35936) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 May 2019 10:59:38 +0000 From debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Tue May 28 06:59:38 2019 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55152 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org>) id 1hVZpR-0007Zv-TU for submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 28 May 2019 06:59:38 -0400 Received: from mx2.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.215]:33616) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from <rob@HIDDEN>) id 1hVZpO-0007Zd-1k for 35936 <at> debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 28 May 2019 06:59:36 -0400 Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org (smtp1.mailbox.org [IPv6:2001:67c:2050:105:465:1:1:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx2.mailbox.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 523B0A1039; Tue, 28 May 2019 12:59:25 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at heinlein-support.de Received: from smtp1.mailbox.org ([80.241.60.240]) by spamfilter03.heinlein-hosting.de (spamfilter03.heinlein-hosting.de [80.241.56.117]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id RtJvkElPvdQX; Tue, 28 May 2019 12:59:14 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.11\)) Subject: Re: [bug#35936] [PATCH] README: add Guix System configure hints From: Robert Vollmert <rob@HIDDEN> In-Reply-To: <874l5e27g3.fsf@HIDDEN> Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 12:59:13 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <CDFD6E90-7A31-4011-A8B2-C95A8BEFACCB@HIDDEN> References: <20190527201509.60093-1-rob@HIDDEN> <874l5e27g3.fsf@HIDDEN> To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@HIDDEN> X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 35936 Cc: 35936 <at> debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/debbugs-submit/> List-Post: <mailto:debbugs-submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debbugs-submit>, <mailto:debbugs-submit-request <at> debbugs.gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" <debbugs-submit-bounces <at> debbugs.gnu.org> X-Spam-Score: -1.7 (-) > On 28. May 2019, at 12:34, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@HIDDEN> wrote: >>=20 >> + On Guix System, this is '/var' by default. Note that you will = need to >> + re-run the 'configure' script after updating Guix System. >> + >=20 > Why would re-running the configure script be required after updating? >=20 > This section is about building Guix on a system that already has some > version of Guix to reduce the complexity of establishing a suitable > build environment. I don=E2=80=99t think reconfiguring Guix System is = relevant > here. It=E2=80=99s my attempt to help people not be as confused as I was. = Maybe there are better ways to achieve this? The two situations: 1. I followed the README instructions to build guix, and was quite = confused by the `localstatedir` business. I seem to be doing the most = straightforward thing, but have to dig through documentation/internet to continue since = I have no idea what/where localstatedir is. (I still don=E2=80=99t, and = have been doing quite fine without the knowledge.) 2. I ran guix pull && guix package -u. And afterwards, the guix = development environment was broken in an obscure way. Re-running guix environment = guix didn=E2=80=99t help. It turns out configure stores some full paths to = core utilities, such as $ grep ^MKDIR_P config.status=20 MKDIR_P=3D'/gnu/store/lkrj6zifhk5dk888713dqyzfwk5bich0-profile/bin/mkdir = -p=E2=80=99 To me it=E2=80=99s entirely unexpected that after a small OS update my = dev environment should break in this way.
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