From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: bug#24335: Error when invoking usermod while reconfiguring Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:44:13 -0400 Message-ID: <20160830054413.GA30807@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34637) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bebr8-0001O4-Lp for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:45:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bebr5-0006Rb-Em for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:45:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46276) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bebr4-0006RK-85 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:45:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bebr4-00078i-3z for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:45:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34472) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bebqb-0000wy-Jg for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:44:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bebqX-0006KL-Ac for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:44:32 -0400 Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:46417) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bebqW-0006JB-0U for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:44:29 -0400 Received: from localhost (c-73-188-17-148.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [73.188.17.148]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id AD761CC021 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2016 01:44:18 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline 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" To: 24335@debbugs.gnu.org While reconfiguring my GuixSD system from 1062f2451 (gnu: Add stagit), the process fails as show below. When I revert 2d1a2f4af (system: Add 'create-home-directory?' field to ) and the associated commit cb58b2cd, the reconfigure completes successfully. [...] activating system... setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'... populating /etc from /gnu/store/xsmb4mfnm2m10zmdiszsdah7wjwvfb5z-etc... usermod: no changes Backtrace: In guix/ui.scm: 1190: 19 [run-guix-command system "reconfigure" ...] In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 157: 18 [catch srfi-34 # ...] 157: 17 [catch system-error # ...] In ice-9/eval.scm: 481: 16 [lp (#) (#t)] In ice-9/r4rs.scm: 90: 15 [dynamic-wind # ...] In guix/store.scm: 1182: 14 [run-with-store # # # ...] In ice-9/r4rs.scm: 39: 13 [call-with-values # ...] In ice-9/eval.scm: 386: 12 [eval # <1>) <0>)> (# # # ...)] 432: 11 [eval # #] In ice-9/r4rs.scm: 90: 10 [dynamic-wind # ...] 90: 9 [dynamic-wind # ...] In unknown file: ?: 8 [primitive-load "/gnu/store/ikbva4qvlgxppdy522qn6graq05g3b8p-activate"] In ice-9/eval.scm: 432: 7 [eval # ()] In ice-9/boot-9.scm: 768: 6 [for-each # #] In unknown file: ?: 5 [primitive-load "/gnu/store/rx8dd8z03xcf252c9xrzz9dipbliql6a-activate-service"] In ./gnu/build/activation.scm: 252: 4 [activate-users+groups (# # # # ...) (# # # # ...)] In srfi/srfi-1.scm: 616: 3 [for-each # (# # # # ...)] In ./gnu/build/activation.scm: 217: 2 [activate-user ("guixbuilder01" 30001 "guixbuild" ...)] 177: 1 [modify-user "guixbuilder01" "guixbuild" ...] In unknown file: ?: 0 [system* "usermod" "-u" ...] ERROR: In procedure system*: ERROR: Wrong type (expecting string): #t