When running “guix” in RStudio Server the “terminal-window-size” procedure triggers an error. (You can ignore the cause of the error, because I’m running this in a container where /var/guix/profiles/per-user/rekado doesn’t exist.)
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > system("/bin/guix pull") guix pull: error: while creating directory `/var/guix/profiles/per-user/rekado': Permission denied hint: Backtrace: 18 (primitive-load "/bin/guix") In guix/ui.scm: 2263:7 17 (run-guix . _) 2226:10 16 (run-guix-command _ . _) In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 1752:10 15 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _) 1747:15 14 (with-exception-handler #<procedure 7f0945757510 at ic…> …) 1752:10 13 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _) In guix/store.scm: 656:37 12 (thunk) In guix/status.scm: 815:4 11 (call-with-status-report _ _) In guix/store.scm: 1318:3 10 (_) 1295:8 9 (call-with-build-handler #<procedure 7f094576fd50 at g…> …) In guix/scripts/pull.scm: 526:3 8 (_) In guix/profiles.scm: 2300:6 7 (ensure-profile-directory) In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 1685:16 6 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _) 1685:16 5 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _) In guix/ui.scm: 827:16 4 (_ _) 311:42 3 (display-hint "Please create the @file{/var/guix/profi…" …) In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 1747:15 2 (with-exception-handler #<procedure 7f094576f2a0 at ic…> …) In guix/build/syscalls.scm: 2287:35 1 (_) 2276:8 0 (terminal-window-size _) guix/build/syscalls.scm:2276:8: In procedure terminal-window-size: In procedure terminal-window-size: Inappropriate ioctl for device --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Here yousee that the call to terminal-window-size fails because the RStudio Server IDE in the web browser is not a true TTY. “terminal-window-size” should fail gracefully. -- Ricardo