GNU bug report logs - #54900
Bug encountered when running `guix pull`

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From: Jochen Luig <jochen.luig <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Bug encountered when running `guix pull`
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 04:56:41 +0200

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Hello,

I just tried to install guix on my laptop. When trying to run `guix pull`,
at the end of the output it read:

guix pull: error: You found a bug: the program
'/gnu/store/ghf5nvs7mwv0w99737ilgja4hfdm2l7s-compute-guix-derivation'
failed to compute the derivation for Guix (version:
"950f3e4f98add14f645dc4c9f8c512cac7b8a779"; system: "x86_64-linux";
host version: "1.3.0"; pull-version: 1).
Please report the COMPLETE output above by email to <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>.

So here it is.

The host system is a custom version of Ubuntu 20.04 provided by the vendor (
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com):

$ uname -a
Linux molly 5.13.0-10039-tuxedo #44~20.04.1tux1 SMP Sun Mar 27 02:09:26 UTC
2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

This is the shell history after running the install script as root that led
to the output I attached to this message:

    9  guix search text editor
   10  cd
   11  guix install glibc-locales
   12  export GUIX_LOCPATH=$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale
   13  ls /etc/nsswitch.conf
   14  cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
   15  info nscd
   16  info
   17  info libc "Name Service Switch"
   18  ps aux | grep nscd
   19  apt search nscd
   20  sudo apt install nscd
   21  ps aux | grep nscd
   22  guix pull

Kind regards,

Jochen

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Message #8 received at 54900 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Jochen Luig <jochen.luig <at> gmail.com>, 54900 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54900: Bug encountered when running `guix pull`
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 13:04:26 +0200

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Jochen Luig schreef op wo 13-04-2022 om 04:56 [+0200]:
> guix substitute: warning: while fetching
> https://ci.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/mzz11jzk3ag1nzzzdg83kmgysm5faijd-texlive-babel-fixed-59745
> : server is somewhat slow
> guix substitute: warning: try `--no-substitutes' if the problem
> persists
> guix substitute: error: connect*: Connection timed out
>           16 (primitive-load
> "/gnu/store/ghf5nvs7mwv0w99737ilgja4hfdm2l7s-compute-guix-
> derivation")

Probably network problems, just retry, and maybe pass --fallback to
"guix pull".

Anyway, this is not a bug and hence shouldn't be reported as such, but
error reporting in "guix pull" is complicated™.  FWIW, the v2 patch at
<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/50238> would avoid the here unnecessary
backtrace and make it clearer that it's just some network problems,
though it's not perfect (the ‘please report a bug’ remains).

Greetings,
Maxime.

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Message #13 received at 54900-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: 54900-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 55232-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 56726-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 56786-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 60420-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 54277-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Close
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 19:59:53 +0200

Closing, as a probably transient network failure.

Andreas

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