GNU bug report logs - #33223
In vm-image >>> 'guix package -i' >>> "-python-3.6.5.drv... -Killed"

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Bug Guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: In vm-image >>> 'guix package -i' >>> "-python-3.6.5.drv... -Killed"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:09:42 -0400

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In a 'guix system vm-image' VM produced using Guix from Git
v0.15.0-3097-gc16913d34 I have ...

g1 <at> sysi53 ~$ guix --version
guix (GNU Guix) 0.15.0-6.f9a8fce

... and when I try to install a package, e.g., ...

g1 <at> sysi53 ~$ guix package -i emacs-no-x

... I get ...

building /gnu/store/phy1nbsmlml06lkjixjw2dfb4k6wi5al-python-3.6.5.drv...
-Killed

... details and vm-image config, attached.

TIA - George

[python-killed.log (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

[sysi52.scm (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

Message #8 received at 33223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
To: 33223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33223: In vm-image >>> 'guix package -i' >>>
 "-python-3.6.5.drv... -Killed"
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:35:26 -0400

George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> In a 'guix system vm-image' VM produced using Guix from Git
> v0.15.0-3097-gc16913d34 I have ...
>
> g1 <at> sysi53 ~$ guix --version
> guix (GNU Guix) 0.15.0-6.f9a8fce
>
> ... and when I try to install a package, e.g., ...
>
> g1 <at> sysi53 ~$ guix package -i emacs-no-x
>
> ... I get ...
>
> building /gnu/store/phy1nbsmlml06lkjixjw2dfb4k6wi5al-python-3.6.5.drv...
> -Killed
>
> ... details and vm-image config, attached.
>
> TIA - George

BTW, a VM build one day ago from the one day ago Guix commit ...

7a06cdfa8c101f431227c4c5c86877939022fb1a COMMENT: "7a06cdfa8 gnu:
r-analytics: Update to 3.0."

... doesn't have the problem.

Message #11 received at 33223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com>
To: myglc2 <at> gmail.com
Cc: 33223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33223: In vm-image >>> 'guix package -i' >>>
 "-python-3.6.5.drv... -Killed"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 09:45:02 +0100

Hello George,

George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. nov. 1., Cs, 3:11):
>
> In a 'guix system vm-image' VM produced using Guix from Git
> v0.15.0-3097-gc16913d34 I have ...
>
> g1 <at> sysi53 ~$ guix --version
> guix (GNU Guix) 0.15.0-6.f9a8fce
>
> ... and when I try to install a package, e.g., ...
>
> g1 <at> sysi53 ~$ guix package -i emacs-no-x
>
> ... I get ...
>
> building /gnu/store/phy1nbsmlml06lkjixjw2dfb4k6wi5al-python-3.6.5.drv...
> -Killed
>
> ... details and vm-image config, attached.
>
> TIA - George
>

I just came across this in a guix-help thread, there it seems that the
VM does not have
enough resources to build python3. Can that be the case here?

Best regards,
g_bor

Message #14 received at 33223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33223: In vm-image >>> 'guix package -i' >>>
 "-python-3.6.5.drv... -Killed"
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:45:12 -0400

Hello!

Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com> writes:

> George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. nov. 1., Cs, 3:11):
>>
>> In a 'guix system vm-image' VM produced using Guix from Git
>> v0.15.0-3097-gc16913d34

>> g1 <at> sysi53 ~$ guix package -i emacs-no-x

>> building /gnu/store/phy1nbsmlml06lkjixjw2dfb4k6wi5al-python-3.6.5.drv...
>> -Killed

> I just came across this in a guix-help thread, there it seems that the
> VM does not have enough resources to build python3. Can that be the
> case here?

Thanks. The image was built by ...

guix system vm-image -M 4 -c 4 --image-size=20GB

... and run with 'qemu ... -m 5120'. Based on your comment I tried '-m
20G' and now the GiB Mem shown in top grows to 98.7/19.6, the VM
crashes, and there is no "Killed" message ;-O

Yes it's out of resources. But commit 7a06cdfa8 worked a day
earlier. Why is ...-python-3.6.5.drv... suddenly so hungry? Can Guix
infrastructure issues explain this?

- TIA, George

Message #17 received at 33223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com>
To: George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33223: In vm-image >>> 'guix package -i' >>>
 "-python-3.6.5.drv... -Killed"
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 15:44:26 +0100

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George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. nov. 1., Cs
14:45):

> Hello!
>
> Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. nov. 1., Cs,
> 3:11):
> >>
> >> In a 'guix system vm-image' VM produced using Guix from Git
> >> v0.15.0-3097-gc16913d34
>
> >> g1 <at> sysi53 ~$ guix package -i emacs-no-x
>
> >> building /gnu/store/phy1nbsmlml06lkjixjw2dfb4k6wi5al-python-3.6.5.drv...
> >> -Killed
>
> > I just came across this in a guix-help thread, there it seems that the
> > VM does not have enough resources to build python3. Can that be the
> > case here?
>
> Thanks. The image was built by ...
>
> guix system vm-image -M 4 -c 4 --image-size=20GB
>
> ... and run with 'qemu ... -m 5120'. Based on your comment I tried '-m
> 20G' and now the GiB Mem shown in top grows to 98.7/19.6, the VM
> crashes, and there is no "Killed" message ;-O
>
> Yes it's out of resources. But commit 7a06cdfa8 worked a day
> earlier. Why is ...-python-3.6.5.drv... suddenly so hungry? Can Guix
> infrastructure issues explain this?
>

I guess what is happening here, is that there was a substitute yesterday
but not today, so it is most probably related to the infrastructure problem.

>
> - TIA, George
>

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Message #20 received at 33223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com>, Christopher
 Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Cc: 33223 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33223: In vm-image >>> 'guix package -i' >>>
 "-python-3.6.5.drv... -Killed"
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2018 15:27:50 -0400

I rolled Guix back to the commit that produced this VM and built a fresh
VM. Unfortunately it did not reproduce this bug.

I doubt this was caused by the recent Guix infrastructure problems. I
favor the memory leak theory proposed by Christopher Baines ...

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2018-11/msg00032.html

... for bug#33248: python-minimal compilation is breaking [1].

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2018-11/msg00032.html

Message #25 received at 33223-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Gábor Boskovits <boskovits <at> gmail.com>,
 Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>, 33223-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33223: In vm-image >>> 'guix package -i' >>>
 "-python-3.6.5.drv... -Killed"
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 09:30:18 -0500

Hi,

George Clemmer <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I rolled Guix back to the commit that produced this VM and built a fresh
> VM. Unfortunately it did not reproduce this bug.
>
> I doubt this was caused by the recent Guix infrastructure problems. I
> favor the memory leak theory proposed by Christopher Baines ...
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2018-11/msg00032.html
>
> ... for bug#33248: python-minimal compilation is breaking [1].
>
> [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2018-11/msg00032.html

Yes, that's a likely explanation.  That bug has been fixed by disabling
the problematic test.

Closing.

Maxim.

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