bug#41481: Can't build glibc-mesboot0

bug#41481: Can't build glibc-mesboot0

[Roel Janssen]

Dear Guix,

I installed Guix System on my computer but I am facing two problems:

1. "guix pull" returns:
Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at '
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
Building from these channels:
  guix      https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git	28e9a11
guix pull: error: glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch: patch not found

I worked around that by doing:
$ find /gnu/store -name "glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch"
$ mkdir ~/dummy; cd ~/dummy; ln -s <the-location-of-this-file>
$ export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=~/dummy

Is there a proper way to fix this?


2. Installing emacs fails because the build of glibc-mesboot0 fails
with:

patch: **** Can't open patch file
/gnu/store/wcz8d4vkcjs7c6m56mz3lsbkxgvnb17v-glibc-bootstrap-system-
2.2.5.patcherror 02:  
command "patch" "--force" "-p1" "-i"
"/gnu/store/wcz8d4vkcjs7c6m56mz3lsbkxgvnb17v-glibc-bootstrap-system-
2.2.5.patch" failed with status 2

The file:
/gnu/store/wcz8d4vkcjs7c6m56mz3lsbkxgvnb17v-glibc-bootstrap-system-
2.2.5.patch

.. seems to be a symlink to:
 /gnu/store/crjgq2qq4s2cvbcb4impjpsn4wyxfgqq-guix-
28e9a11/gnu/packages/patches/glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch

I'm using:
# guix --version
guix (GNU Guix) 1.1.0-3.52b01cb

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen

bug#41481: Can't build glibc-mesboot0

[Mathieu Othacehe]

Hello Roel,

> I installed Guix System on my computer but I am facing two problems:
>
> 1. "guix pull" returns:
> Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at '
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
> Building from these channels:
>   guix      https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git	28e9a11
> guix pull: error: glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch: patch not found
>
> I worked around that by doing:
> $ find /gnu/store -name "glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch"
> $ mkdir ~/dummy; cd ~/dummy; ln -s <the-location-of-this-file>
> $ export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=~/dummy
>
> Is there a proper way to fix this?

This has been fixed by 179e6c524ae4957e6ace83f72a5651767f786ca4. I guess
that if you pull again it should be fixed.

> 2. Installing emacs fails because the build of glibc-mesboot0 fails
> with:
>
> patch: **** Can't open patch file
> /gnu/store/wcz8d4vkcjs7c6m56mz3lsbkxgvnb17v-glibc-bootstrap-system-
> 2.2.5.patcherror 02:  
> command "patch" "--force" "-p1" "-i"
> "/gnu/store/wcz8d4vkcjs7c6m56mz3lsbkxgvnb17v-glibc-bootstrap-system-
> 2.2.5.patch" failed with status 2

I don't know what forces a build of glibc-mesboot0, but this looks like:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2020-05/msg00335.html.

Is your store on an NVME disk, without encryption, by any chance?

Thanks,

Mathieu

bug#41481: Can't build glibc-mesboot0

[Roel Janssen]

Hi Mathieu,

Thanks for the fast response!

On Sat, 2020-05-23 at 15:31 +0200, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
> Hello Roel,
> 
> > I installed Guix System on my computer but I am facing two
> > problems:
> > 
> > 1. "guix pull" returns:
> > Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at '
> > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
> > Building from these channels:
> >   guix      https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git	28e9a11
> > guix pull: error: glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch: patch not
> > found
> > 
> > I worked around that by doing:
> > $ find /gnu/store -name "glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch"
> > $ mkdir ~/dummy; cd ~/dummy; ln -s <the-location-of-this-file>
> > $ export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=~/dummy
> > 
> > Is there a proper way to fix this?
> 
> This has been fixed by 179e6c524ae4957e6ace83f72a5651767f786ca4. I
> guess
> that if you pull again it should be fixed.

Right, so this will fix itself once I can do a 'guix pull'.

> > 2. Installing emacs fails because the build of glibc-mesboot0 fails
> > with:
> > 
> > patch: **** Can't open patch file
> > /gnu/store/wcz8d4vkcjs7c6m56mz3lsbkxgvnb17v-glibc-bootstrap-system-
> > 2.2.5.patcherror 02:  
> > command "patch" "--force" "-p1" "-i"
> > "/gnu/store/wcz8d4vkcjs7c6m56mz3lsbkxgvnb17v-glibc-bootstrap-
> > system-
> > 2.2.5.patch" failed with status 2
> 
> I don't know what forces a build of glibc-mesboot0, but this looks
> like:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2020-05/msg00335.html.
> 
> Is your store on an NVME disk, without encryption, by any chance?

No, but it is on an SSD (Samsung EVO 850), and there are two NVME
drives in the system, but these are not mounted.  So I think I should
dodge that bug.

Is there a substitute available for glibc-mesboot0?

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen

bug#41481: Can't build glibc-mesboot0

[Roel Janssen]

On Sat, 2020-05-23 at 16:19 +0200, Roel Janssen wrote:
> Hi Mathieu,
> 
> Thanks for the fast response!
> 
> On Sat, 2020-05-23 at 15:31 +0200, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
> > Hello Roel,
> > 
> > > I installed Guix System on my computer but I am facing two
> > > problems:
> > > 
> > > 1. "guix pull" returns:
> > > Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at '
> > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
> > > Building from these channels:
> > >   guix      https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git	28e9a11
> > > guix pull: error: glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch: patch not
> > > found
> > > 
> > > I worked around that by doing:
> > > $ find /gnu/store -name "glibc-bootstrap-system-2.2.5.patch"
> > > $ mkdir ~/dummy; cd ~/dummy; ln -s <the-location-of-this-file>
> > > $ export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=~/dummy
> > > 
> > > Is there a proper way to fix this?
> > 
> > This has been fixed by 179e6c524ae4957e6ace83f72a5651767f786ca4. I
> > guess
> > that if you pull again it should be fixed.
> 
> Right, so this will fix itself once I can do a 'guix pull'.
> 
> > > 2. Installing emacs fails because the build of glibc-mesboot0
> > > fails
> > > with:
> > > 
> > > patch: **** Can't open patch file
> > > /gnu/store/wcz8d4vkcjs7c6m56mz3lsbkxgvnb17v-glibc-bootstrap-
> > > system-
> > > 2.2.5.patcherror 02:  
> > > command "patch" "--force" "-p1" "-i"
> > > "/gnu/store/wcz8d4vkcjs7c6m56mz3lsbkxgvnb17v-glibc-bootstrap-
> > > system-
> > > 2.2.5.patch" failed with status 2
> > 
> > I don't know what forces a build of glibc-mesboot0, but this looks
> > like:
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2020-05/msg00335.html.
> > 
> > Is your store on an NVME disk, without encryption, by any chance?
> 
> No, but it is on an SSD (Samsung EVO 850), and there are two NVME
> drives in the system, but these are not mounted.  So I think I should
> dodge that bug.
> 
> Is there a substitute available for glibc-mesboot0?

To answer this myself: Yes, it is substitutable!  At first I didn't
have substitutes enabled when running "guix pull" for the first time.  

I then enabled substitutes, thinking it would automatically pick that
up.  That didn't work though..

After doing "guix gc" (presumably removing the glibc-mesboot0
derivation) I was able to complete "guix pull".

I'm closing this bug report, because the actual problem looks very
similar to what is described in the earlier referenced bug report. 
Even though I don't use an NVME drive for the filesystem that contains
/gnu/store.

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen