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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#38821: Can't run guix from external drive.
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:58:56 +0100
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To: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl>
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Hi,

Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia@interia.pl> skribis:

> On Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:37:43 +0100
> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>>=20
>> It most likely means that the current working directory,
>> /media/user/Backup, was unmounted or somehow disappeared in the
>> meantime.
>>=20
>> Can you confirm that this is the case?
>>=20
>> Thanks,
>> Ludo=E2=80=99.
>
> Yes, it only happens, if the disk is unmounted. Is that normal? If it
> is, then a message telling what's wrong would be helpful.

This issue is not specific to Guix: the =E2=80=98getcwd=E2=80=99 function f=
ails if the
current working directory has been unmounted behind the back of the
calling process.  IOW, another program would fail similar in these
circumstances.  I don=E2=80=99t think there=E2=80=99s much that can be done.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.