On Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:13:19 -0800
Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org> wrote:

> Heya all... guix system config attached.  I tried doing a guix system
> reconfigure and it failboat'ed.  Here's what happened:
> 
>   adding user 'postgres'...
>   useradd: group 'postgres' does not exist
>   Backtrace:
>   In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>     63: 19 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
>   In ice-9/eval.scm:
>    432: 18 [eval # #]
>   In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   2401: 17 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 28dc940 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
>   4050: 16 [#<procedure 28dc940 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
>   1724: 15 [%start-stack load-stack ...]
>   1729: 14 [#<procedure 28f3ea0 ()>]
>   In unknown file:
>      ?: 13 [primitive-load "/gnu/store/24mbii9wjlyzfzsqwfmcvz6vz2fv5n6g-guix-0.9.0.c3f29bc/bin/.guix-real"]
>   In guix/ui.scm:
>   1177: 12 [run-guix-command system "reconfigure" "guix-config.scm"]
>   In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>    157: 11 [catch srfi-34 #<procedure 4fb2020 at guix/ui.scm:413:2 ()> ...]
>    157: 10 [catch system-error ...]
>   In guix/scripts/system.scm:
>    701: 9 [process-action reconfigure ("guix-config.scm") ...]
>   In guix/store.scm:
>   1061: 8 [run-with-store # ...]
>   In guix/scripts/system.scm:
>    520: 7 [#<procedure 91f6f80 at guix/scripts/system.scm:520:13 (state)> #]
>    302: 6 [#<procedure 9661740 at guix/scripts/system.scm:286:2 (state)> #]
>   In unknown file:
>      ?: 5 [primitive-load "/gnu/store/fnanaa7xalxa9h3yh1hpj3m5zgm9wasp-activate"]
>   In ice-9/eval.scm:
>    432: 4 [eval # ()]
>   In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>    768: 3 [for-each #<procedure primitive-load (_)> #]
>   In unknown file:
>      ?: 2 [primitive-load "/gnu/store/hz2hnin6c12afvsyqxv0vs2rndxl9vpg-activate-servic
>   e"]
>   In ice-9/eval.scm:
>    411: 1 [eval # ()]
>   In unknown file:
>      ?: 0 [getpw "postgres"]
>   
>   ERROR: In procedure getpw:
>   ERROR: In procedure getpw: entry not found
> 
> Config attached.  Thanx!
>  - cwebb
> 

I noticed that you use the postgresql-service, by any chance did you try
again after the fix to the service by Danny Milosavljevic in bug#22618?

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