Re: *** TRYING TO INSTALL GUIXSD v0.15.0 FOR DAYS ***

[George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com>]

George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Mark,
>
> Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:
>
>> George Clemmer <myglc2@gmail.com> writes:
>>> Brian, I believe that what you are experiencing as a "hang" is actually
>>> the incredibly long time that it takes for guile to bootstrap itself.
>>
>> That's not what's happening here, because this hang is happening during
>> "make check".  Thanks anyway :)
>>
>>        Mark
>
> Well, ISTM 'make check-TESTS' is bootstrapping guile for some reason. I
> say that because the fragment quoted by Brian ...
>
>> This is what is displaced on the screen when the hang occurs:
>>
>> …
>> make  check-TESTS
>> make[3]: Entering directory ‘/tmp/guix-build-guile-2.2.3.drv-0/guile-2.2.3’
>> Testing /tmp/guix-build-guile-2.2.3.drv-0/guile-2.2.3/meta/guile …
>> with GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/tmp/guix-guild-guile-2.2.3.drv-0/guile-2.2.3/test-suite
>
> ... matches the log for ...
>
> building /gnu/store/55f2ihxyjyskpv9w0m2c4g0zcinjylif-guile-2.2.3.drv...
>
> ... that I have here.
>
> HTH - George

And, with the current state of the guix infrastructure, even a 'guix
pull' on a fresh vm-image triggers guile bootstrap. And a guile
bootstrap, on the best of days, displays these symptoms: howling CPUs
and hardly any disk activity.

So, relative to what one expects when installing a distro this feels
hung. Not the most confidence inspiring experience to subject a guix
noob to ;-)