Re: Shepherd and Guille

2018-10-31 Thread Vladimir Sedach
> which raises some issues with the Shepherd init system (towards the > end in the section "Robustness and failure modes"), in particular > with its use of an interpreted and garbage collected language. i > was wondering if anyone here with knowledge about this would care to > comment on the val

python-minimal compilation is breaking

2018-10-31 Thread znavko
Hello, Guix Help! This is not working on Lenovo G50-30 everytime (already 3 times) # guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm --substitute-urls=https://berlin.guixsd.org building /gnu/store/6c4g38n9fhvnlk2vasn34mdd6nvpgx8m-python-minimal-3.6.5.drv... -Killed While it i

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread George Clemmer
Mark H Weaver writes: > George Clemmer writes: > > That's during the 'build' phase. The problem Brian is seeing is during > the 'check' phase, at a place where there is not normally any > significant delay. > > I already told you this in my last message, but I guess it wasn't clear. > >

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Brian Woodcox
Hi Mark, Thanks for the debugging tips. I will try your suggestions next and see where it takes me. > On Oct 31, 2018, at 7:35 PM, Mark H Weaver wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > Brian Woodcox writes: > >> This is what is displaced on the screen when the hang occurs: >> >> … >> make check-TESTS >>

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Mark H Weaver
George Clemmer writes: > Brian Woodcox writes: > >> I think I’ve had it sitting like that for hours. >> >> The reason I think it’s hung in VirtualBox is the fact that within >> about 45 seconds there is no longer any activity on the hard disk >> icon. >> >> I am currently installing in Qemu and

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Mark H Weaver
Hi Brian, Brian Woodcox writes: > This is what is displaced on the screen when the hang occurs: > > … > make check-TESTS > make[3]: Entering directory ‘/tmp/guix-build-guile-2.2.3.drv-0/guile-2.2.3’ > Testing /tmp/guix-build-guile-2.2.3.drv-0/guile-2.2.3/meta/guile … > with GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/tmp

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread George Clemmer
George Clemmer writes: > Hi Mark, > > Mark H Weaver writes: > >> George Clemmer writes: >>> Brian, I believe that what you are experiencing as a "hang" is actually >>> the incredibly long time that it takes for guile to bootstrap itself. >> >> That's not what's happening here, because this ha

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread George Clemmer
Hi Mark, Mark H Weaver writes: > George Clemmer writes: >> Brian, I believe that what you are experiencing as a "hang" is actually >> the incredibly long time that it takes for guile to bootstrap itself. > > That's not what's happening here, because this hang is happening during > "make check

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread George Clemmer
Brian Woodcox writes: > I think I’ve had it sitting like that for hours. > > The reason I think it’s hung in VirtualBox is the fact that within > about 45 seconds there is no longer any activity on the hard disk > icon. > > I am currently installing in Qemu and will see how that goes. Dunno abou

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Mark H Weaver
George Clemmer writes: > Brian, I believe that what you are experiencing as a "hang" is actually > the incredibly long time that it takes for guile to bootstrap itself. That's not what's happening here, because this hang is happening during "make check". Thanks anyway :) Mark

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Brian Woodcox
I think I’ve had it sitting like that for hours. The reason I think it’s hung in VirtualBox is the fact that within about 45 seconds there is no longer any activity on the hard disk icon. I am currently installing in Qemu and will see how that goes. > On Oct 31, 2018, at 3:54 PM, George Clemmer

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread George Clemmer
Hi Brian & Leo Brian, I believe that what you are experiencing as a "hang" is actually the incredibly long time that it takes for guile to bootstrap itself. I started encountering this recently when commissioning new VMs and. At first I thought they were "hung" but eventually I discovered that th

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Brian Woodcox
This is what is displaced on the screen when the hang occurs: … make check-TESTS make[3]: Entering directory ‘/tmp/guix-build-guile-2.2.3.drv-0/guile-2.2.3’ Testing /tmp/guix-build-guile-2.2.3.drv-0/guile-2.2.3/meta/guile … with GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/tmp/guix-guild-guile-2.2.3.drv-0/guile-2.2.3/test-s

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Brian Woodcox
Okay, well thanks for that explanation and additional info. Just to avoid me having to search, what command would I use to get the tail of the build log file. I can give you the last message where it hangs on the screen, but only after I run it again, which takes a while, so I will do that shor

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Mark H Weaver
Brian Woodcox writes: > So I have been trying to install GuixSD 0.15.0 for a few days now. > > My first problem was not setting > —substitutes-urls=“https://berlin.guixsd.org. So that fixed one > problem. > > My other problem is try as I might, I cannot get either guile-2.2.3 or > guile-2.2.4 to

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Brian Woodcox
Sure the command is: guix system init —substitute-urls=“https://berlin.guixsd.org ” /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt > On Oct 31, 2018, at 11:41 AM, Leo Famulari wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > Can you share the exact command you are running that does not work? > > On Wed, Oct

Re: hydra.gnu.org off-line for maintenance

2018-10-31 Thread znavko
Thank you, Ricardo! Your answer is very important. This command is working now: 'guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm --substitute-urls=https://mirror.guixsd.org ', nevertheless I have 504 errors, but some packages are compiling now. After that I'll try your advise.

Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Leo Famulari
Hi Brian, Can you share the exact command you are running that does not work? On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 09:42:25AM -0600, Brian Woodcox wrote: > So I have been trying to install GuixSD 0.15.0 for a few days now. > > My first problem was not setting —substitutes-urls=“https://berlin.guixsd.org > <

*** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

2018-10-31 Thread Brian Woodcox
So I have been trying to install GuixSD 0.15.0 for a few days now. My first problem was not setting —substitutes-urls=“https://berlin.guixsd.org . So that fixed one problem. My other problem is try as I might, I cannot get either guile-2.2.3 or guile-2.2.4 to instal

Re: hydra.gnu.org off-line for maintenance

2018-10-31 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Hi, zna...@tutanota.com writes: > (define %my-services > (modify-services %base-services > (guix-service-type config => > (guix-configuration > (inherit config) > (substitute-urls (list "https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org > "; > "https://hydra.gnu.org

Re: New info-guix mailing list for important announcements

2018-10-31 Thread Alex Vong
Hello, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Hello Guix! > > We have created a new mailing list for announcements: releases, build > farm news, security advisories, incompatibilities, etc. > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-guix > Will future announcements also be made in the gu

Re: hydra.gnu.org off-line for maintenance

2018-10-31 Thread Alex Vong
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > Alex, > > Alex Vong wrote: >> For myself, I use the following option: >> >> --substitute-urls='https://berlin.guixsd.org >> https://mirror.guixsd.org https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org >> https://hydra.gnu.org' > > I suggest keeping only one of mirror.guixsd.org and >

Re: more informative logging for (shepherd) services

2018-10-31 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hello Florian, Florian Dold writes: > Hi Guix, > > is there a way to obtain more informative logging from services that are > started directly or indirectly (by GuixSD service) via shepherd? > > It seems right now, only what is sent to the syslog is logged. However, > it would be immensely help