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System reconfigure error

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From: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: System reconfigure error
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:11:49 -0400

`guix describe`
guix 19c0cdb
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: 19c0cdb9e6271956015232421ef7f63a1ad001ae

I get an error message when I do `guix system reconfigure config.scm`:

Backtrace:
In guix/ui.scm:
  1654:12 19 (run-guix-command _ . _)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    829:9 18 (catch _ _ #<procedure 7f5517e709b8 at guix/ui.scm:624:2 (key c)> _)
    829:9 17 (catch _ _ #<procedure 7f5517e709d0 at guix/ui.scm:750:6 (key proc…> …)
In guix/scripts/system.scm:
   1301:8 16 (_)
In guix/status.scm:
    810:4 15 (call-with-status-report _ _)
In guix/scripts/system.scm:
   1162:6 14 (process-action _ _ _)
In guix/store.scm:
  1737:24 13 (run-with-store _ _ #:guile-for-build _ #:system _ #:target _)
In guix/scripts/system.scm:
  1175:13 12 (_ _)
   882:18 11 (perform-action reconfigure #<<operating-system> kernel: #<package…> …)
In gnu/system.scm:
   845:19 10 (operating-system-derivation _ #:container? _)
In gnu/services.scm:
   779:26  9 (loop #<<service> type: #<service-type system 1bdafa0> value: #<pro…>)
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
   592:17  8 (map1 (#<<service> type: #<service-type profile 1bdab90> value: …> …))
In gnu/services.scm:
   586:32  7 (packages->profile-entry _)
In guix/profiles.scm:
    338:3  6 (packages->manifest _)
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
   592:29  5 (map1 (#<package autoconf <at> 2.69 gnu/packages/autotools.scm:45 2d0…> …))
   592:29  4 (map1 (#<package automake <at> 1.16.1 gnu/packages/autotools.scm:251 …> …))
   592:17  3 (map1 (#<procedure gettext (_ #:optional _ _)> #<package texinfo…> …))
In guix/inferior.scm:
   583:24  2 (inferior-package->manifest-entry #<procedure gettext (_ #:optiona…> …)
    358:4  1 (inferior-package-input-field #<procedure gettext (_ #:optional _ …> …)
   302:18  0 (inferior-package-field _ _)

guix/inferior.scm:302:18: In procedure inferior-package-field:
In procedure struct_vtable: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting struct): #<
procedure gettext (_ #:optional _ _)>

Message #8 received at 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
Cc: 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34897: System reconfigure error
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 16:42:39 -0400

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On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 04:11:49PM -0400, mikadoZero wrote:
> `guix describe`
> guix 19c0cdb
>     repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>     branch: master
>     commit: 19c0cdb9e6271956015232421ef7f63a1ad001ae
> 
> I get an error message when I do `guix system reconfigure config.scm`:

Please share the contents of 'config.scm'.

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Message #11 received at 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
To: 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34897: System reconfigure error
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 17:04:02 -0400

Leo Famulari writes:

> On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 04:11:49PM -0400, mikadoZero wrote:
>> `guix describe`
>> guix 19c0cdb
>>     repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>>     branch: master
>>     commit: 19c0cdb9e6271956015232421ef7f63a1ad001ae
>> 
>> I get an error message when I do `guix system reconfigure config.scm`:
>
> Please share the contents of 'config.scm'.

This is the contents of config.scm:


(use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))

(use-service-modules networking ssh)

(use-package-modules autotools
		     certs
		     emacs
		     gettext
		     graphviz
		     man
		     shells
		     terminals
		     texinfo)

(operating-system
  (host-name "guix")
  (timezone "some-timezone")
  (locale "en_US.utf8")

  (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
		(bootloader grub-bootloader)
		(target "/dev/sda")))

  (mapped-devices
   (list (mapped-device
	  (source (uuid "some-uuid"))
	  (target "root")
	  (type luks-device-mapping))))

  (file-systems (cons (file-system
			(device (file-system-label "root"))
			(mount-point "/")
			(type "ext4")
			(dependencies mapped-devices))
		      %base-file-systems))

  (swap-devices '("/swapfile"))

  (users (cons* (user-account
		 (name "root")
		 (uid 0)
		 (group "root")
		 (home-directory "/root")
		 (shell #~(string-append #$zsh "/bin/zsh")))
	       (user-account
		 (name "guix")
		 (group "users")
		 (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev" "audio"))
		 (home-directory "/home/guix")
		 (shell #~(string-append #$zsh "/bin/zsh")))
	       %base-user-accounts))

  (packages (cons*

	     ;; programs for contributing to guix
	     autoconf
	     automake
	     gettext
	     texinfo
	     graphviz
	     help2man

             nss-certs
	     kmscon
	     zsh
	     emacs-no-x
	     %base-packages))

  (services (cons* (service dhcp-client-service-type)
		   (service openssh-service-type
			    (openssh-configuration
			      (port-number 2222)))
		   %base-services)))


Note: some-timezone and some-uuid above are placeholders.

Message #14 received at 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
To: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
Cc: 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34897: System reconfigure error
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:58:54 +0100

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The gettext package is named "gnu-gettext".  Modify your "packages" field.

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Message #17 received at 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
To: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
Cc: 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34897: System reconfigure error
Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 21:34:46 -0400

Danny Milosavljevic writes:

> The gettext package is named "gnu-gettext".  Modify your "packages" field.

Thank you.  Changing "gettext" to "gnu-gettext" got it working.

In this case package search seems to be misleading.  `guix package -s
gnu-gettext` returns nothing.  While in the return of `guix package -s
gettext` there is a package with the name of "gettext" that talks about
gnu gettext in it's description.

Message #20 received at 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
Cc: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>, 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34897: System reconfigure error
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:43:39 +0100

Hi,

mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com> skribis:

> Danny Milosavljevic writes:
>
>> The gettext package is named "gnu-gettext".  Modify your "packages" field.
>
> Thank you.  Changing "gettext" to "gnu-gettext" got it working.
>
> In this case package search seems to be misleading.  `guix package -s
> gnu-gettext` returns nothing.  While in the return of `guix package -s
> gettext` there is a package with the name of "gettext" that talks about
> gnu gettext in it's description.

The name that “guix package -s” shows is the package name.
‘gnu-gettext’, conversely, is the name of the variable bound to that
package.

In your config file, you can use ‘specifications->manifest’ as
documented in the manual if you’d rather avoid dealing with variables.

HTH!

Ludo’.

Message #27 received at 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 34897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34897: System reconfigure error
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:11:15 -0400

Ludovic Courtès writes:


> ...
>
> The name that “guix package -s” shows is the package name.
> ‘gnu-gettext’, conversely, is the name of the variable bound to that
> package.
>
> In your config file, you can use ‘specifications->manifest’ as
> documented in the manual if you’d rather avoid dealing with variables.
>
> ...

Thank you for pointing this out.  I have reread the relevant section of
"4.2 Invoking ‘guix package’" of the manual.  I have recently started
using it in user manifests.  I will try using this further.  

Message #30 received at 34897-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: mikadoZero <mikadozero <at> yandex.com>
To: 34897-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: System reconfigure error
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 22:37:45 -0400

This was not a bug.
It looked like a bug to me before I received the helpful replies.

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