Hi Mark, Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> writes:
> Hello again, > > Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> writes: > >> As a bonus, this approach might solve another issue I've observed: on my >> Guix system, where I build everything locally, several derivations are >> built *during* activation. Based on the terminal output, I get the >> impression that the system is compiling things while the system in an >> intermediate state, when some of the activation steps have been done, >> but not all of them. >> >> As I recall, the derivations built during activation are limited to >> compiled modules for Guile, but it still sometimes takes on the order of >> a minute or two on my laptop to complete the "activating system" steps. >> This seems suboptimal. >> >> The next time I update my system, I'll try to remember to keep a >> transcript of this, so that I can be more specific. > > Here's a transcript: > > activating system... > building > /gnu/store/fbp6bbxw9cf617fmk57sddrz7zfsfw5p-module-import-compiled.drv... > building > /gnu/store/wfi6hnr9ggal0s1d32xx5wbl5k5wqlvx-switch-to-system.scm.drv... > making '/gnu/store/mjzk53ia3bajn08lscpyzz5apcw3r70g-system' the current > system... > setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'... > populating /etc from /gnu/store/l7r1has973n26hfqrs6vxbi94xzgh360-etc... > building > /gnu/store/h2fqcxv3xx14lkdhyphm3lawkayw7sdl-module-import-compiled.drv... > building > /gnu/store/dar9smjyxmri6v6cchnmp5mpyiimyx64-install-bootloader.scm.drv... > guix system: bootloader successfully installed on '/dev/sda' > building > /gnu/store/vkk3h5p799lfpmf6msdhrzlq0wqvk3zq-module-import-compiled.drv... > building > /gnu/store/hn8sr8p13gg2mf379xawscabckp03fkb-upgrade-shepherd-services.scm.drv... > shepherd: Evaluating user expression (let* ((services (map primitive-load > (?))) # ?) ?). > guix system: warning: only 3.9% of free space available on /gnu/store > hint: Consider deleting old profile generations and collecting garbage, along > these lines: > > guix gc --delete-generations=1m > > Mark Thanks for the input; I wasn't aware that the activation process was taking so long for some people. One of Ludovic's suggestions was to create a single derivation, rather than three, to speed up system activation. I'll look into this further. Regards, Jakob
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