GNU bug report logs - #79745
Installing "keychain" as a base package will break system

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Dakota Logan <dklogan <at> riseup.net>

Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 00:49:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Dakota Logan <dklogan <at> riseup.net>
To: Bug Guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Installing "keychain" as a base package will break system
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:47:48 +0000

If keychain is included as one of the base-packages in a Guix System
operating-system config, it will leave the user unable to use any
commands. ls, which, cat, etc. all get wiped out.

I'm not a Guile expert, but I think the way it's installed to /bin
might have a clue:

    > (arguments
    >  `(#:tests? #f ; No test suite
    >    #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
    >               (delete 'configure)
    >               (replace 'install
    >                 (lambda _
    >                   (install-file "keychain"
    >                                 (string-append %output "/bin/"))
    >                   (install-file "keychain.1"
    >                                 (string-append %output
"/share/man/man1"))
    >                   #t)))))
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