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Subject: bug#21068: guix system: error: build failed: path
	`/gnu/store/..-grub.cfg' is not valid
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 15:37:01 +0200
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To: Germano Gabbianelli <tyrion.mx@gmail.com>
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Germano Gabbianelli <tyrion.mx@gmail.com> skribis:

> tyrion ~$ sudo guix system init --no-grub /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt
> [sudo] password for tyrion:
> warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
> /gnu/store/q32xg8nmyjwrl5yc18hj7ay5h4rgzkgy-system
>
> initializing operating system under '/mnt'...
> guix system: error: build failed: path
> `/gnu/store/hill6gywff6p2c3h1zbc7h5xj0cr4yn2-grub.cfg' is not valid

This could be due to how you fiddled manually with /gnu/store and
/var/guix.  In general, one should never manually touch these
directories; instead, one should use =E2=80=98guix gc=E2=80=99 and similar =
commands.

> I also trying reinstalling guix by deleting /gnu, /var/guix, and
> /var/log/guix (and also wiping the partition with rm)

To be safe, could you start anew again, and report back?

  sudo rm -rf /gnu /var/guix
  # reinstall from binary tarball

>   (bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda9")))

There=E2=80=99s a mistake here: it should be =E2=80=9C/dev/sda=E2=80=9D (sa=
y), not =E2=80=9C/dev/sda9=E2=80=9D
(the latter designates a partition, whereas the former designates a
disk.)  It doesn=E2=80=99t matter here since you passed --no-grub, but it w=
ould
otherwise lead to a =E2=80=98grub-install=E2=80=99 failure.

HTH,
Ludo=E2=80=99.