Re: The broken 0.13 release for GuixSD

[<ng0@pragmatique.xyz>]

On Wed, 24 May 2017 12:26:34 +0200, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:

> 
> ng0@pragmatique.xyz writes:
> 
> > Going from within GuixSD 0.12 to 0.13 (multiple guix pull issued to get
> > all the dependencies you might lack) works.
> >
> > GuixSD 0.13 medium on new installations, with no system present previously,
> > so far failed on all types of hardware from the last 1 - 15 years for me including
> > bios and uefi systems.
> >
> > All get stuck on the same test.
> > This should not happen at all with a release.
> 
> Please, the least you could do when using words like “broken” and
> “should not happen at all” is to be precise about *what* fails.
> 
> This is not constructive.
> 
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> Ricardo
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This https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=27034 and https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=27032 this.

But I can add more duplication and describe what happened in my case:

Situation and Expectation:

uefi and bios (separate "and", not "bios and uefi") computers
No system installed.
GuixSD 0.13 installer should simply work as per instructions and the
way I know it.

Problem:

When you reach the point where you run "guix system init /path/to/config.scm /mnt"
and guix gets build, reaching its 'make check', 2 tests (as linked above) fail.

Solution:

See previous message I wrote here about guix environment --ad-hoc guix.