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Subject: Re: environment --container not working after upgrading Ubuntu
Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 14:59:32 +0200
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Ben Woodcroft <donttrustben@gmail.com> skribis:

> I upgraded to the just-released Ubuntu Xenial yesterday, seems nice
> and snappy.

Pun intended?  :-)

> The only issue I've had with it so far is that 'guix environment
> --container' run from a git checkout doesn't work. There's no error
> given, it simply exits:
>
> $ ./pre-inst-env guix environment --container coreutils
> [..]
> $ echo $?
> 1

I found an instance of such behavior, though it seems different:

  http://bugs.gnu.org/23306

> Any ideas on debugging this?

Could you try:

   ./pre-inst-env strace -f -o log guix environment --container coreutils

and send the bottom of the log?

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.