Re: Problem with Shepherd after `guix home reconfigure`

[Tanguy LE CARROUR <tanguy@bioneland.org>]

Hi Hilton,


Quoting Hilton Chain (2023-08-23 05:19:49)
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2023 00:56:41 +0800,
> Tanguy LE CARROUR wrote:
> > […]
> > I now have a slightly different error message:
> >
> > ```
> > $ guix home reconfigure
> > # […]
> > SSLoading /gnu/store/zbfyaxxigns5lqyxhxzxhm92w54ns1cz-shepherd.conf.
> > herd: error: exception caught while executing 'load' on service 'root':
> > In procedure fport_write: Broken pipe
> > ```
> 
> Seems to be an issue in Shepherd itself, it hung during loading the
> configuration.
> 
> > […]
> >
> > Even though `mpd` is reported as "starting" it actually works.
> > `herd stop mcron` still hangs forever, but `herd status` keeps on
> > working and reporting "starting" services.
> >
> > Thoughts? 🤔
> 
> 
> From my own experience, such issue can be "solved" by rebooting (to
> spawn new Shepherd daemons).  I don't know how to debug Shepherd and
> there's no enough information for me to find the real cause.
> 
> So maybe sending a Shepherd bug report to bug-guix@gnu.org ?

I'll do that!

Thanks!


-- 
Tanguy