Stuck upgrading from Guix v0.12
Hi Guix, A lesson learnt from a previous update process [1] was; do not leave it too long between 'guix pull' updates. However, I have one system running Ubuntu 16.04 and Guix v0.12 that I am trying to update. As root: $guix package --list-installed glibc-utf8-locales 2.25out /gnu/store/g4g0zhcp5j9 pyjmcv02ks4x2b48k252x-glibc-utf8-locales-2.25 guix0.12.0-9.25a4 out /gnu/store/nqy9m6hhnkkfwr5w yq5bac96v9s9hc9i-guix-0.12.0-9.25a4 gnutls 3.5.9 out /gnu/store/56dbd2gw33g3wdxmq78lr3 9lamg8gxnq-gnutls-3.5.9 nss-certs 3.30.2 out /gnu/store/3ql0vilc0zv6ra42gh i04787vrg6bb71-nss-certs-3.30.2 When I do 'guix pull' I get an error. The backtrace suggests reporting a bug: Backtrace: In unknown file: ?: 19 [primitive-load-path "guix/store" ...] In ./guix/store.scm: 20: 18 [#] In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 2987: 17 [define-module* (guix store) #:filename ...] 2962: 16 [resolve-imports (((guix utils)) ((guix config)) ((guix memoization)) ...)] 2900: 15 [resolve-interface (guix utils) #:select ...] 2825: 14 [# # ...] 3101: 13 [try-module-autoload (guix utils) #f] 2412: 12 [save-module-excursion #] 3121: 11 [#] In unknown file: ?: 10 [primitive-load-path "guix/utils" ...] In ./guix/utils.scm: 26: 9 [#] In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 2987: 8 [define-module* (guix utils) #:filename ...] 2962: 7 [resolve-imports (((guix config)) ((srfi srfi-1)) ((srfi srfi- 9)) ...)] 2900: 6 [resolve-interface (guix config) #:select ...] 2825: 5 [# # ...] 3101: 4 [try-module-autoload (guix config) #f] 2412: 3 [save-module-excursion #] 3121: 2 [#] In unknown file: ?: 1 [primitive-load-path "guix/config" ...] In ./guix/config.scm: 1: 0 [#] ./guix/config.scm:1:437: In procedure #: ./guix/config.scm:1:437: In procedure module-lookup: Unbound variable: and=> guix pull: error: You found a bug: the program '/gnu/store/d9dc5jdlhbp4zdx1m9ffr3fmhyg60zy8-compute-guix-derivation' failed to compute the derivation for Guix (version: "20181217.11"; system: "x86_64-linux"; host version: "20170504.14"; pull-version: 0). Please report it by email to . However, I remember that the package guile-git was not a dependency at the time of v0.12 but it is now. So, rather than reporting the bug I have tried to install guile-git: $ guix package -i guile-git Starting download of /gnu/store/c3npgqn9ag2ypi9bda1g779wwwlcqqrf- libgit2-0.25.1.tar.gz >From https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/archive/v0.25.1.tar.gz... following redirection to `https://codeload.github.com/libgit2/libgit2/t ar.gz/v0.25.1'... v0.25.1 1.3MiB/s 00:03 | 4.1MiB transferred output path `/gnu/store/c3npgqn9ag2ypi9bda1g779wwwlcqqrf-libgit2- 0.25.1.tar.gz' should have sha256 hash `1cdwcw38frc1wf28x5ppddazv9hywc718j92f3xa3ybzzycyds3s', instead has `0ywcxw1mwd56c8qc14hbx31bf198gxck3nja3laxyglv7l57qp26' This has been reported before [2]. The workaround suggested there was to download the source directly. However, this now fails too: $ guix download https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/file/libgit2-0.25.1.tar.g z/sha256/1cdwcw38frc1wf28x5ppddazv9hywc718j92f3xa3ybzzycyds3s ERROR: Throw to key `gnutls-error' with args `(# set-certificate-credentials-x509-trust- file!)' I think the error message is a little misleading here. I have tried to download the same file from a more recent guix installation on another system which also fails. Essentially, the error is 'file not found'. So, the situation is that neither a substitute nor the source code are available for libgit2 and Guix gets stuck. How should one resolve cases such as this? Best regards, Paul. [1]: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-09/msg00068.html [2]: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2017-10/msg0.html
Re: Stuck upgrading from Guix v0.12
Hi Paul, > A lesson learnt from a previous update process [1] was; do not leave it > too long between 'guix pull' updates. > > However, I have one system running Ubuntu 16.04 and Guix v0.12 that I > am trying to update. As root: I have had similar problems as well in the past. The one recipe that has always worked (aside from one case of a machine with very limited disk space) is temporarily using a Guix compiled from source code. The procedure for building Guix from source code is explained in the manual: https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Building-from-Git.html#Building-from-Git When done (it takes a while to compile), run that copy of Guix to do a "guix pull", without installing it, as described in https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Running-Guix-Before-It-Is-Installed.html#Running-Guix-Before-It-Is-Installed After that, your standard Guix installation is up to date and you can delete all the source code again. The procedure is lengthy in terms of compile time, and requires a lot of temporary disk space, but the advantage is that you don't have to analyze what actually went wrong with your installation. Put differently, it's hard on your computer but easy on our brain :-) Konrad.
Re: Stuck upgrading from Guix v0.12
Hi Konrad, Thank you for your help. > I have had similar problems as well in the past. The one recipe that > has always worked (aside from one case of a machine with very limited > disk space) is temporarily using a Guix compiled from source code. I have hit a snag. At the compile stage I do: $ ./configure --localstatedir=/var I get: configure: error: Guile-Git is missing; please install it. I would install guile-git if I could but it takes me back to the same problem; neither the source nor a substitute for libgit2 are available. I have looked for the files on hydra.gnu.org but I cannot find the 0.12-era versions. Maybe they have been deleted. Could they (or should they) be restored ? Best regards, Paul.
Re: Stuck upgrading from Guix v0.12
Hello Paul, This is a hard run. Getting that system back is not easy. There are two ways I did that. The easier is to try to guix copy a working new guix from another machine. Then you can guix pull using that. 2018. dec. 17., H 15:52 dátummal Paul Garlick < pgarl...@tourbillion-technology.com> ezt írta: > Hi Konrad, > > Thank you for your help. > > > I have had similar problems as well in the past. The one recipe that > > has always worked (aside from one case of a machine with very limited > > disk space) is temporarily using a Guix compiled from source code. > > I have hit a snag. At the compile stage I do: > > $ ./configure --localstatedir=/var > > I get: > > configure: error: Guile-Git is missing; please install it. > > I would install guile-git if I could but it takes me back to the same > problem; neither the source nor a substitute for libgit2 are available. > Another option: you couls try to find the source and guix download it from somewhere. Most probably this would require several iterations, as requirements were added to the build that were not previously packaged. Also we do not have so old substitues, so most probably this would involve rebuilding the world several times. > I have looked for the files on hydra.gnu.org but I cannot find the > 0.12-era versions. Maybe they have been deleted. Could they (or > should they) be restored ? > > Best regards, > > Paul. > Best regards, g_bor >
Re: Stuck upgrading from Guix v0.12
Hi Paul, I’m in the same situation upgrading a machine that didn’t have an Internet connection for months. Here’s what I do: - use a git checkout to jump to commit b0cb92b2d43a2c4d5fa9b3f8c04c5732c60061e7, which adds guile-gcrypt - ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make clean && make - ./pre-inst-env guix package -i guile guile-sqlite3 guile-json guile-ssh guile-gcrypt - update to the latest version -- Ricardo
Re: Stuck upgrading from Guix v0.12
Heya, Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > I’m in the same situation upgrading a machine that didn’t have an > Internet connection for months. > > Here’s what I do: > > - use a git checkout to jump to commit > b0cb92b2d43a2c4d5fa9b3f8c04c5732c60061e7, which adds guile-gcrypt > > - ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make clean && make > > - ./pre-inst-env guix package -i guile guile-sqlite3 guile-json > guile-ssh guile-gcrypt > > - update to the latest version Just a reminder so people don’t run away ;-): the upgrade story got much better shortly before 0.15.0, when ‘guix pull’ got the ability to “build Guix from Guix” in a way that does not rely* on the currently installed Guix. For example, you can run 0.15’s ‘guix pull’ and upgrade to today’s Guix without problems. Ludo’. * More specifically, ‘guix pull’ relies on a small subset of Guix functionality that hasn’t changed in a couple of years, which is a lot given Guix’s history.
Re: Stuck upgrading from Guix v0.12
Ludovic Courtès writes: > Heya, > > Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > >> I’m in the same situation upgrading a machine that didn’t have an >> Internet connection for months. >> >> Here’s what I do: >> >> - use a git checkout to jump to commit >> b0cb92b2d43a2c4d5fa9b3f8c04c5732c60061e7, which adds guile-gcrypt >> >> - ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make clean && make >> >> - ./pre-inst-env guix package -i guile guile-sqlite3 guile-json >> guile-ssh guile-gcrypt >> >> - update to the latest version > > Just a reminder so people don’t run away ;-): the upgrade story got much > better shortly before 0.15.0, when ‘guix pull’ got the ability to “build > Guix from Guix” in a way that does not rely* on the currently installed > Guix. For example, you can run 0.15’s ‘guix pull’ and upgrade to > today’s Guix without problems. Yes, this is correct. The above recipe works when Guix is used exclusively from a git checkout. Using “guix pull” via version 0.15.0 is easier. -- Ricardo
Re: Stuck upgrading from Guix v0.12
Hi Ricardo, Thank you for your help. > I’m in the same situation upgrading a machine that didn’t have an > Internet connection for months. > > Here’s what I do: > > - use a git checkout to jump to commit > b0cb92b2d43a2c4d5fa9b3f8c04c5732c60061e7, which adds guile-gcrypt > > - ./bootstrap && ./configure --localstatedir=/var && make clean && > make > > - ./pre-inst-env guix package -i guile guile-sqlite3 guile-json > guile-ssh guile-gcrypt > > - update to the latest version I am following the recipe but have hit trouble at the configure stage: $./configure --localstatedir=/var . . . configure: error: Guile-Git is missing; please install it. This takes me back to the libgit2 unavailability problem. I have not been able to find a way to provide a sufficient build environment (I have upgraded the OS to Ubuntu 18.04 in the meantime). Any suggestions? Paul.
Re: Stuck upgrading from Guix v0.12
Hi Guix, Got it! I have been able to upgrade from version 0.12 to version 0.16. I used 'guix copy' to copy a recent guix on a local server. Thank you Gabor for the suggestion. The steps I followed were: i) generate signing keys on both systems ii) copy across public keys and authorize on each system iii) install guix in the user profile on the server iv) use 'guix copy --from=localServer /gnu/store/...guix-0.16.0-4...' Note: this copies the dependencies too v) set GUILE_LOAD_PATH and GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH on the receiving system. Note: set the variables to point to the newly-copied paths in /gnu/store for guile-gcrypt, guile-sqlite3, guile-git and guile- bytestructures vi) use '/gnu/store/...guix-0.16.0-4.../bin/guix pull' vii) include .config/guix/current/bin in PATH variable viii) use 'guix package --upgrade' ix) update guix-daemon.service x) restart daemon To finish, I authorized substitutes for ci.guix.info.pub. I am cooking with gas again! Best regards, Paul.
Re: Stuck upgrading from Guix v0.12
On 2019-01-09 17:47, Paul Garlick wrote: Hi Guix, Got it! I have been able to upgrade from version 0.12 to version 0.16. I used 'guix copy' to copy a recent guix on a local server. Thank you Gabor for the suggestion. The steps I followed were: i) generate signing keys on both systems ii) copy across public keys and authorize on each system iii) install guix in the user profile on the server iv) use 'guix copy --from=localServer /gnu/store/...guix-0.16.0-4...' Note: this copies the dependencies too v) set GUILE_LOAD_PATH and GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH on the receiving system. Note: set the variables to point to the newly-copied paths in /gnu/store for guile-gcrypt, guile-sqlite3, guile-git and guile- bytestructures vi) use '/gnu/store/...guix-0.16.0-4.../bin/guix pull' vii) include .config/guix/current/bin in PATH variable viii) use 'guix package --upgrade' ix) update guix-daemon.service x) restart daemon To finish, I authorized substitutes for ci.guix.info.pub. I am cooking with gas again! Nice! Thanks for sharing. -- Cheers Swedebugia
