Re: new guix on Debian builder is amnesic about its builder group

[Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is>]

Nils Gillmann transcribed 2.4K bytes:
> Hi,
> 
> this is the 3rd reinstall of Guix I'm doing because every reboot the daemon,
> run with the defaul values, no changes, keeps forgetting about its group:
> 
> build machine:
> 
> root@cult ~ # guix build --verbosity=10 hello
> guix build: error: build failed: the group `guixbuild' specified in `build-users-group' does not exist
> 
> root@cult ~ # guix --version
> guix (GNU Guix) d8ac79870132a00529825a09d73ad5cb7d2347bd
> 
> master:
> 
> |   |   building of `/gnu/store/ncm2gf31cfw400xnawgfdr53q03brckn-chromium-66.0.3359.139.drv': woken up
> |   |   building of `/gnu/store/ncm2gf31cfw400xnawgfdr53q03brckn-chromium-66.0.3359.139.drv': trying to build
> |   |   locking path `/gnu/store/i3jghzk0kc86lh8rzyl4vaa9gz6hkd5k-chromium-66.0.3359.139'
> |   |   lock acquired on `/gnu/store/i3jghzk0kc86lh8rzyl4vaa9gz6hkd5k-chromium-66.0.3359.139.lock'
> |   |   starting build hook
> process 2890 acquired build slot '/var/guix/offload/192.168.1.198/0'
> process 2890 acquired build slot '/var/guix/offload/cult.of.n0.is/0'
> guix offload: error: failed to connect to '192.168.1.198': No route to host
> load on machine 'cult.of.n0.is' is 0.0 (normalized: 0.0)
> |   |   hook reply is `accept'
> |   |   using hook to build path(s) `/gnu/store/i3jghzk0kc86lh8rzyl4vaa9gz6hkd5k-chromium-66.0.3359.139'
> |   |   waiting for children
> |   |   building of `/gnu/store/ncm2gf31cfw400xnawgfdr53q03brckn-chromium-66.0.3359.139.drv': read 105 bytes
> guix offload: error: build failed: the group `guixbuild' specified in `build-users-group' does not exist
> |   |   waiting for children
> |   |   building of `/gnu/store/ncm2gf31cfw400xnawgfdr53q03brckn-chromium-66.0.3359.139.drv': got EOF
> |   |   building of `/gnu/store/ncm2gf31cfw400xnawgfdr53q03brckn-chromium-66.0.3359.139.drv': woken up
> |   |   building of `/gnu/store/ncm2gf31cfw400xnawgfdr53q03brckn-chromium-66.0.3359.139.drv': build done
> |   |   builder process for `/gnu/store/ncm2gf31cfw400xnawgfdr53q03brckn-chromium-66.0.3359.139.drv' finished
> |   |   lock released on `/gnu/store/i3jghzk0kc86lh8rzyl4vaa9gz6hkd5k-chromium-66.0.3359.139.lock'
> |   |   building of `/gnu/store/ncm2gf31cfw400xnawgfdr53q03brckn-chromium-66.0.3359.139.drv': done
> |   building of `/gnu/store/ncm2gf31cfw400xnawgfdr53q03brckn-chromium-66.0.3359.139.drv': goal destroyed
> guix package: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/ncm2gf31cfw400xnawgfdr53q03brckn-chromium-66.0.3359.139.drv' failed
> 
> 
> 
> What's the fix for this annoyance? Anything I've missed recently?
> 

Alternatively I'm open for field experience notes on Hetzner
infrastructure (cloud and dedicated) or to talk to them about
providing GuixSD as an option ISO image (my first attempt was not
succesful).