From: Jack Hill <jackhill@jackhill.us>
To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: 47115@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#47115: Failure building grub-img.png when reconfiguring
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2021 19:18:22 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.2103141914430.8138@marsh.hcoop.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874khds84o.fsf@netris.org>
On Sun, 14 Mar 2021, Mark H Weaver wrote:
> (1) You must *delete* the "older" system generations and user profiles
> e.g. by running "guix system delete-generations" and "guix package
> --delete-generations", or else "guix gc" won't clear them from your
> store. It is not enough to merely switch to an older system
> generation and profiles.
>
> (2) You'll also need to actually reboot into the older system
> generation, because /run/booted-system will continue to protect
> (from GC) the system that you last booted into, even after you
> switch systems.
>
> Did you do those things before running "guix gc"?
Oops, I left out those details. Yes, I did both those things.
> I'm sorry that you've hit this nasty bug.
Thanks. For me, being the only one that can reproduce or experience a
problem can be a frustrating and lonely experience, so really appreciate
the time you and Leo have spent looking at it.
Best,
Jack
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-03-14 23:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-12 22:58 bug#47115: Failure building grub-img.png when reconfiguring Jack Hill
2021-03-12 23:05 ` Leo Famulari
2021-03-13 0:24 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-03-13 0:33 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-13 4:05 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-13 7:41 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-03-13 20:08 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-14 4:27 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-14 20:49 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-14 21:14 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-14 22:00 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-14 22:05 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-03-14 23:18 ` Jack Hill [this message]
2021-03-15 0:11 ` Mark H Weaver
2021-03-15 3:38 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-15 3:52 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-15 20:48 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-16 1:41 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-16 2:40 ` Jack Hill
2021-03-16 8:26 ` bug#47115: Grafts without deduplication can lead to breakage in Guile (was: Failure building grub-img.png when reconfiguring) Mark H Weaver
2021-03-16 9:18 ` bug#47115: Redundant library grafts leads to breakage " Mark H Weaver
2021-03-20 11:01 ` bug#47115: Redundant library grafts leads to breakage Ludovic Courtès
2021-03-14 22:18 ` bug#47115: Failure building grub-img.png when reconfiguring Leo Famulari
2021-03-13 0:25 ` Jack Hill
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