Re: Unable to bootstrap Guix without substitutes

[Greg Hogan <code@greghogan.com>]

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On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 8:39 PM Timothy Sample <samplet@ngyro.com> wrote:

> I can perform the build successfully using
>
>     $ guix build --check \
>         -e '(@@ (gnu packages commencement) bash-masboot0)'
>
> That scary backtrace happens even for the successful build, so I’m
> pretty sure it is not the issue.  (Note that the configure test succeeds
> in the end with a “yes”.)
>
> Is there anything else suspicious in the logs?
>

Timothy,

Thank you for checking this on your own system, it was quite helpful to
know that the failure was not universal.

I found a solution to building bash-mesboot0 in bug #49985 in mounting /tmp
as tmpfs, as noted by Ludo'.

I then saw the error building binutils-mesboot0 as in bug #41264, for which
Mathieu proposed an idea for fixing Mes, still awaiting implementation.

As a temporary fix the same tmpfs trick works when bind mounting /gnu and
/var/guix onto the /tmp tmpfs. This should work for my workflow, and I am
glad to see that others have continued to attempt to bootstrap from source
without substitutes.

Greg

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