From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id 4M7fBwpBzF4vfwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 22:04:58 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id 8EvAAwpBzF6FQQAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 22:04:58 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A72099404CA for ; Mon, 25 May 2020 22:04:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:43470 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdLDM-0004iw-MD for larch@yhetil.org; Mon, 25 May 2020 18:04:56 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39228) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdLD9-0004go-VX for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2020 18:04:43 -0400 Received: from sonic312-24.consmr.mail.gq1.yahoo.com ([98.137.69.205]:38993) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jdLD8-000615-I9 for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 25 May 2020 18:04:43 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s2048; t=1590444279; bh=uyr5EM3LeM4iXRIFrMuPsfKjnYv4JSTiBfd0xdE11+0=; h=Date:From:To:In-Reply-To:References:Subject:From:Subject; b=QcFsB5okQJD5D0fjPQGWRy5hmJp5ChXgqTxyww/Dqk35nFgMomDOlPA8wPiYKgM/q3saCq1coA14fa9kjxS7gn1V5swaPyxaTvIZvMJm2RVoCuMWj7xajhQSJKMJPdTJGGAW60VN2Oi8Re1ullIqJRkRyrZdFeSuwFlheuYlzmV3DKGoCt2y4j84cAW6hB5/wTZXv+TZiYT5OKRuWU53NBDmOVcrwdqhxU5kZSKsBbWlRdma5UhSlt0YaR0YdNRJqUVqgw1DCRuSLCXtPyJkn403Zze5Cd5uqza89+mS/hAv53qunnB7jVO6VR5N4TPHoBjs//XAvOzaSOEiTOuJMA== X-YMail-OSG: YsUbhegVM1ngzDlrkz22GpseKhHdayqJnt7Ei.OKxBXyk9K5kzHtkyegPuQWIK0 _mrye1INT1ZO3qOvNuZuv4kfZU3Kt.zzaWnjYXRXUu1oItrwKjkTT25WawmCsua6AYAOY_T2j7JX ozka_jVN6l6.A1yjX8sRqbZbEDNWbvjB52WcV7Owd17NHFBqpNOVUe_IzJZTnmfK5Hes17UdwWes 1oh2hvaAjRiKivvhBhTNgfKfS7iUZ79Nfe8CJ_EEKd0CcpbRJ4gNEPo9bqnr.RtMzP8h6TbdOZI0 jI1VjgJu00kQ8HFyF8Kjy258uzlTa7SzYY7EaQtgY363ab1zgxz2XHK0QwGH2Wq4_0Wn9hVqywaS FPpXBZOHPOpCyoqEydDjPdWfC8F6x4NkLcyZpnwIlPZ40hgw06sqqczxUjmOQN2v9pOqV3AYVQLC p2R7_XT3A7dwePYMHTAPJn.__BCer47MjfLrqemZFdycDTaCkriP2HbsoocnjqDTMyseuG1LDstU IjeJ9fUhkVTh8O7QfQ8zmONSL4k8FLVZukei_LgPPpg4Q84YbWnCuIi9b1kc1_KwwxJkXGxNEgBp WARMWJi0YsIfdZYaO7pXWE7IQc6IHv401ycPajliR5W6wVw0c32PRoGCuMmS8gRC9QQaktTSz4pq MpjRpcoUj25dVkwHhIUtkGGnFYIWCYis__7pm0uh33ILAvoJYWAeRtUGMGBjbN.WvMhSyoJdmlFg GbkqAIKG0orxB2Yufa6LOis7Ud7m4NuupKVM8R8gFeAlc7RC.mO_h7Hu9IsRQx_xeiDa_GG.xjVB qXxIFLpeFEnV9wgO3gLbZeQJNZSJQFv0uzwRpNfjS6NdAQywAANa1PmTZDllfpnvyz12I6NXc7rd u4YTiVFIRMNMqRGCJgE3NshGjojSs65bs4loeqHpVbW7sq7jGvS_zpNFzWT9Hp1kdRv2FisnJvMD pLaXlSXwe_3CkyEZpSC7Zdkq_EzkyjEOHUczIa18fN_EiqibEdmKTsAZdFuLnCaW7t5OVvSnx2La DYH.pedx0d5bwJ19LLaGBTMEO1qLVfUNkdUfPFqrKOfH0LvPUbu.CoLNf7bRl2knzFtOphmNYLXx SfK8VickxigRLAGITiXG2cRsMq4bYKTHEMikDKdN7HIDisJG5wZP9EWR2UTvJ0dDwfNfNleeo9YK N63gLwN.P148gP.4O5R3_.vZaNzag.hO0VX1GYHjIDZ0YOB_Hc9BQMeKV7sbhXW2R8DSCHNFpMlH CPVjaaKLka6iekm6jRuXIRG0XDxY8BSEK4oGhv0tIEzG05IqumwMDG4E.eb4k2v7SiTgqAzqQ.AM WpNzL1WzQJ0IxIA1HemSQZg-- Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic312.consmr.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Mon, 25 May 2020 22:04:39 +0000 Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 22:04:34 +0000 (UTC) To: help-guix@gnu.org, Pierre Neidhardt Message-ID: <954956541.4643876.1590444274695@mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <87lflgphk4.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> References: <981904032.4122292.1590333823170.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <981904032.4122292.1590333823170@mail.yahoo.com> <87lflgphk4.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> Subject: Re: profile symlink structure MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.15960 YMailNodin Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu Chromium/81.0.4044.138 Chrome/81.0.4044.138 Safari/537.36 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=98.137.69.205; envelope-from=vapniks@yahoo.com; helo=sonic312-24.consmr.mail.gq1.yahoo.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/25 18:04:40 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.1-3.10 [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" Reply-to: vapnik spaknik From: vapnik spaknik via X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail (body hash did not verify) header.d=yahoo.com header.s=s2048 header.b=QcFsB5ok; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -0.01 X-TUID: 0PPLEUlsg2Gu > On Monday, May 25, 2020, 09:03:44 AM GMT+1, Pierre Neidhardt wrote: > The symlinking operations should be atomic, thus this can not happen. > I suspect that your error is due to calling `sudo guix pull`. > Cheers! Another question; what is the purpose of the *.lock files in the symlink directories exactly, and how are they used? I guess it has something to do with atomic transactions, but the .lock files appear to be untouched after several updates as the modification times are unchanged. --