From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeffrey Serio Subject: bug#20497: GuixSD installation - Build of system.drv failed Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 19:57:43 -0500 Message-ID: <20150505005743.GA2400@jas-pc> References: <20150503133937.GA7670@localhost.localdomain> <87a8xk3tfz.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39684) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YpXXP-0001aN-CV for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 03:45:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YpXXM-0002rQ-5m for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 03:45:07 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52532) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YpXXM-0002r1-1S for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 03:45:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YpXXL-000776-MS for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 05 May 2015 03:45:03 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Resent-To: 20497@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-Message-ID: <87zj5j79jg.fsf@gnu.org> Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87a8xk3tfz.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Hello, Thank you for your reply. The GuixSD version is 0.8.1. I figured part of the problem was with libarchive not being the pre-built binary. I even tried reassuring that hydra was authorized, which apparently had no effect on the outcome. Also, while using Guix as a package manager on my host system (Fedora 21), I attempted to install the package 'dfc' from source (not binary) and I encountered the libarchive-3.1.2.drv error there as well, so I checked the build log located at /tmp/nix-build*-libarchive-3.1.2.drv/.../test_option_b.log, and it mentioned that "File archive1.tar has size 3072, expected 2048" and that "bsdtar does not pad archives written directly to regular files". I hope this information helps narrow down the issue. Do you have any suggestions as to how this could be resolved? Best Regards, Jeffrey On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 11:48:32PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi, > > Jeffrey Serio skribis: > > > "I've attempted installing GuixSD a few times on the same PC (Different USBs, re-downloaded the image, etc.) > > and always get the same error-- that the build of system.drv failed. I'm not exactly sure where to go from > > this error message, though, and I was wondering if someone did... http://pastebin.com/3vG5GE4f" > > The log at pastebin.com reads: > > 55. builder for 'gnu/store/[... long string of characters ...]-libarchive-3.1.2.drv' failed with exit code 1 > [...] > 62. cannot build derivation '/gnu/store/[... long string ...]-system.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built > > This means that, to build the system configuration, Guix tried to build > libarchive, which failed. > > It also means that somehow hydra.gnu.org was not providing pre-built > binaries for libarchive & co., perhaps because they have been GC’d. > > What GuixSD version is it? > > Thanks for your report! > > Ludo’.