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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: bug#37357: Guix gc removes next-gtk-webkit input with next installed
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 23:25:48 +0200
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To: Dimakakos Dimos <bendersteed@gmail.com>
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Dimakakos Dimos <bendersteed@gmail.com> writes:

> After running gc and trying to launch next-browser I get:
[=E2=80=A6]
> <ERROR> [19:11:30] next base.lisp (initialize-port remote-interface fun24=
) -
>   Couldn't execute "/gnu/store/5hh6qpp4lqa6gy1ghdb4ppvjamgb3mbc-next-gtk-=
webkit-1.3.1/bin/next-gtk-webkit": No such file or directory
[=E2=80=A6]
> Obviously the package should be live and not be picked up by gc, since
> it's an input of a package in a current profile. Any ideas why that
> could happen?

Can you tell us what version of Guix you used to install Next?  There
was a short period during which the Next executable was compressed,
which effectively hid references from the garbage collector.

--
Ricardo