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Installer cannot be restarted after a failed install

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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Installer crashes on retry when selecting keyboard layout
Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 11:09:37 +0200

If the first install fails (e.g. when the build fails, see separate
bug report on MATE install), it is possible to retry the installation.
However, on the second attempt the installer crashes when selecting a
keyboard layout.

A backtrace is displayed; the important part appears to be this:

In ./gnu/installer/steps.scm:
   177:21 10 (_)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
    619:8  9 (_ #(#(#(#<directory (guile-user) 2525140>) #<<ins…
In ./gnu/installer/keymap.scm:
    163:7  8 (_ _)
In unknown file:
           7 (scm-error misc-error #f "~A" ("Unable to locate ke
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
   751:25  6 (dispatch-exception 4 misc-error (#f "~A" ("Unable
In ice-9/eval.scm
    619:8  5 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 2525140> #<<instal…
[some not important stuff I am too lazy to type…]
ice-9/eval.scm:159:9: Unable to locate keymap update file

Message #8 received at 35543 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: 35543 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#35543: Installer crashes on retry when selecting keyboard
 layout
Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 14:01:57 +0200

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> skribis:

> If the first install fails (e.g. when the build fails, see separate
> bug report on MATE install), it is possible to retry the installation.
> However, on the second attempt the installer crashes when selecting a
> keyboard layout.

[...]

> ice-9/eval.scm:159:9: Unable to locate keymap update file

I believe the broader issue is that the installer cannot really be
restarted after a failed install, as we discussed a while back on
guix-devel.  Mathieu, can you confirm?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Message #11 received at 35543 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 35543 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Subject: Re: bug#35543: Installer crashes on retry when selecting keyboard
 layout
Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 14:12:45 +0200

Hello,

> I believe the broader issue is that the installer cannot really be
> restarted after a failed install, as we discussed a while back on
> guix-devel.  Mathieu, can you confirm?

I'm not aware of this layout issue, however, after the installer is
restarted, the install is doomed because some mounts can't be
undone.

I didn't find a way to fix this, so maybe we should advise/force a
reboot upon installer failure?

Mathieu

Message #14 received at 35543 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35543 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Subject: Re: bug#35543: Installer crashes on retry when selecting keyboard
 layout
Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 15:41:11 +0200

Hello!

Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com> skribis:

>> I believe the broader issue is that the installer cannot really be
>> restarted after a failed install, as we discussed a while back on
>> guix-devel.  Mathieu, can you confirm?
>
> I'm not aware of this layout issue, however, after the installer is
> restarted, the install is doomed because some mounts can't be
> undone.
>
> I didn't find a way to fix this, so maybe we should advise/force a
> reboot upon installer failure?

Maybe, though we should also offer a way to collect more debugging info
and report the issue, which means at least letting people read error
messages.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.

Message #21 received at 35543 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 35543 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 "pelzflorian \(Florian Pelz\)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Subject: Re: bug#35543: Installer crashes on retry when selecting keyboard
 layout
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:59:21 +0100

Hello,

This has been fixed by 64704be417ab6f2788e8e3bc36fede1db35470e7.

Thanks,

Mathieu

Message #26 received at 35543-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
To: 35543-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35543: Installer crashes on retry when selecting keyboard
 layout
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 19:00:08 +0100

and done.

Mathieu

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