Hi, >From what can be seen in ‘guix home container’, it would seem that ‘shepherd’ is started twice, leading to this error while attempting to bind(2) the second time (thus it’s actually harmless, but suboptimal):
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ ./pre-inst-env guix home container /tmp/t.scm WARNING: (guile-user): imported module (guix build utils) overrides core binding `delete' Symlinking /home/ludo/.bash_profile -> /gnu/store/flqaxzvgfv2g3415mhmq6c0zbzdzv2k4-bash_profile... done Symlinking /home/ludo/.profile -> /gnu/store/dann7r1095xll0kji5yl0ql07096rc8j-shell-profile... done Symlinking /home/ludo/.bashrc -> /gnu/store/g78w0adqg25z3jl8jq71n0n0z32f7dbx-bashrc... done Symlinking /home/ludo/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf -> /gnu/store/4261pxafny0g2myhh9yj1771ry7k05lc-fonts.conf... done done Finished updating symlinks. Comparing /gnu/store/non-existing-generation/profile/share/fonts and /gnu/store/vvfrdbvmb0g41k00xxmd9qpgzavkvd32-home/profile/share/fonts... done (same) Evaluating on-change gexps. On-change gexps evaluation finished. Service root has been started. WARNING: Use of `load' in declarative module (#{ g56}#). Add #:declarative? #f to your define-module invocation. Starting services... Service mcron has been started. Service root has been started. WARNING: Use of `load' in declarative module (#{ g56}#). Add #:declarative? #f to your define-module invocation. Starting services... Service mcron has been started. Backtrace: 4 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/vza48khbaq0fdmcsrn27xj5y5yy?") In shepherd.scm: ~$ 316:10 3 (main "--logfile" "/home/ludo/.local/var/log/shepherd.?" ?) 56:14 2 (call-with-server-socket "/run/user/1000/shepherd/sock?" ?) 49:6 1 (open-server-socket "/run/user/1000/shepherd/socket") In unknown file: 0 (bind #<input-output: socket 12> #(1 "/run/user/1000?") #) ERROR: In procedure bind: In procedure bind: Address already in use --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I suspect the problem is in activation snippets, but I’m open to other hypotheses. :-) Thoughts? Ludo’.