bug#23557: "corrupt input while restoring archive from socket" after interrupted package install

bug#23557: "corrupt input while restoring archive from socket" after interrupted package install

[Harry Prevor]

Hi all,

I tried to install emacs on guix recently, and I actually got a kernel 
panic in the middle of installing so I had to do a hard reboot. Since 
then, every time I tried to do guix package -i emacs I got this error:

> substitute: Backtrace:
> substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> substitute:  157: 9 [catch #t #<catch-closure e00500> ...]
> substitute: In unknown file:
> substitute:    ?: 8 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure e00500>]
> substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> substitute:   63: 7 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
> substitute: In ice-9/eval.scm:
> substitute:  432: 6 [eval # #]
> substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> substitute: 2401: 5 [save-module-excursion #<procedure e1f940 at 
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
> substitute: 4050: 4 [#<procedure e1f940 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
> substitute: 1724: 3 [%start-stack load-stack #<procedure e32900 at 
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:4041:10 ()>]
> substitute: 1729: 2 [#<procedure e37ea0 ()>]
> substitute: In unknown file:
> substitute:    ?: 1 [primitive-load 
> "/gnu/store/3g6zn8y5sfwywr4pqiwqrab735a0x4zl-guix-0.10.0/bin/.guix-real"]
> substitute: In guix/ui.scm:
> substitute: 1188: 0 [run-guix-command substitute "--query"]
> substitute:
> substitute: guix/ui.scm:1188:6: In procedure run-guix-command:
> substitute: guix/ui.scm:1188:6: Throw to key `match-error' with args 
> `("match" "no matching pattern" #<eof>)'.
> guix package: error: corrupt input while restoring archive from socket

I run guix pull with regularity, so I should have the latest software. 
Also, "guix gc --verify" yeilds no errors. "lfam" on IRC recommended 
that I try finding all /gnu/store/*-emacs-* and running "guix gc -d" on 
those files, but I tried that and even that didn't work. Can anyone 
provide any suggestions / solutions to debug this?

Also, I am not subscribed to this list, so please CC me in any responses 
to this message.

Thank you,

-- 
Harry Prevor

bug#23557: "corrupt input while restoring archive from socket" after interrupted package install

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hello,

Harry Prevor <habs@sdf.org> skribis:

> I tried to install emacs on guix recently, and I actually got a kernel
> panic in the middle of installing so I had to do a hard reboot.

Are you installing GuixSD, or are you installing Guix on another distro?

> Since
> then, every time I tried to do guix package -i emacs I got this error:
>
>> substitute: Backtrace:
>> substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>> substitute:  157: 9 [catch #t #<catch-closure e00500> ...]
>> substitute: In unknown file:
>> substitute:    ?: 8 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure e00500>]
>> substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>> substitute:   63: 7 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
>> substitute: In ice-9/eval.scm:
>> substitute:  432: 6 [eval # #]
>> substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>> substitute: 2401: 5 [save-module-excursion #<procedure e1f940 at
>> ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
>> substitute: 4050: 4 [#<procedure e1f940 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
>> substitute: 1724: 3 [%start-stack load-stack #<procedure e32900 at
>> ice-9/boot-9.scm:4041:10 ()>]
>> substitute: 1729: 2 [#<procedure e37ea0 ()>]
>> substitute: In unknown file:
>> substitute:    ?: 1 [primitive-load
>> "/gnu/store/3g6zn8y5sfwywr4pqiwqrab735a0x4zl-guix-0.10.0/bin/.guix-real"]
>> substitute: In guix/ui.scm:
>> substitute: 1188: 0 [run-guix-command substitute "--query"]
>> substitute:
>> substitute: guix/ui.scm:1188:6: In procedure run-guix-command:
>> substitute: guix/ui.scm:1188:6: Throw to key `match-error' with args
>> `("match" "no matching pattern" #<eof>)'.
>> guix package: error: corrupt input while restoring archive from socket

What does this command report (run as root):

  guix substitute --help

Do you know what substitute server is being used?

Can you try:

  guix build emacs --substitute-urls=http://mirror.hydra.gnu.org

and:

  guix build emacs --substitute-urls=https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org

Thanks in advance!

Ludo’.

PS: Please keep 23557@debbugs.gnu.org Cc’d.

bug#23557: "corrupt input while restoring archive from socket" after interrupted package install

[Harry Prevor]

Thanks Ludo',

On 2016-05-16 17:10, ludo@gnu.org wrote:
>> I tried to install emacs on guix recently, and I actually got a kernel
>> panic in the middle of installing so I had to do a hard reboot.
> 
> Are you installing GuixSD, or are you installing Guix on another 
> distro?

I'm trying to install emacs on GuixSD, which is running on a Thinkpad 
X200.

> What does this command report (run as root):
> 
>   guix substitute --help

This command just displays help text?

> Do you know what substitute server is being used?

I don't know. I tried using guix substitute --substitute but I'm having 
trouble identifying what the other two arguments should be.

> Can you try:
> 
>   guix build emacs --substitute-urls=http://mirror.hydra.gnu.org

It seems to have succeeded:

@ build-succeeded 
/gnu/store/p5bhpqf6zj1kg55p4gyndrppswbskh8k-emacs-24.5.drv -
/gnu/store/35nvlacqcl3wv5al5lj3077h0hx4bn2q-emacs-24.5

After doing this, I tried doing "guix package -i emacs" again, and it 
installed successfully! Thank you for your help; unfortunately I don't 
know exactly what fixed this but I'd be happy to continue debugging if 
it's of use to someone.

> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Ludo’.
> 
> PS: Please keep 23557@debbugs.gnu.org Cc’d.

Will do!


---
Harry Prevor

bug#23557: "corrupt input while restoring archive from socket" after interrupted package install

[Ludovic Courtès]

Harry Prevor <habs@sdf.org> skribis:

> On 2016-05-16 17:10, ludo@gnu.org wrote:
>>> I tried to install emacs on guix recently, and I actually got a kernel
>>> panic in the middle of installing so I had to do a hard reboot.
>>
>> Are you installing GuixSD, or are you installing Guix on another
>> distro?
>
> I'm trying to install emacs on GuixSD, which is running on a Thinkpad
> X200.

[...]

>> Can you try:
>>
>>   guix build emacs --substitute-urls=http://mirror.hydra.gnu.org
>
> It seems to have succeeded:
>
> @ build-succeeded
> /gnu/store/p5bhpqf6zj1kg55p4gyndrppswbskh8k-emacs-24.5.drv -
> /gnu/store/35nvlacqcl3wv5al5lj3077h0hx4bn2q-emacs-24.5
>
> After doing this, I tried doing "guix package -i emacs" again, and it
> installed successfully! Thank you for your help; unfortunately I don't
> know exactly what fixed this but I'd be happy to continue debugging if
> it's of use to someone.

Frustrating, but a good outcome.  ;-)

It could be that the thing was using http://hydra.gnu.org, and that this
server was overloaded and dropped the connection, or something.

In 0.10.0 we switched the default substitute server to
https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org, a mirror that is much faster than
hydra.gnu.org.

If you reconfigure GuixSD from a recent Guix, GuixSD’s guix-daemon
service will use mirror.hydra.gnu.org.

Thanks,
Ludo’.