Re: Using 'guix system disk-image' on a non-GuixSD OS

["Gábor Boskovits" <boskovits@gmail.com>]

Hello Edouard,

Edouard KLEIN <edouardklein@gmail.com> ezt írta (időpont: 2018. okt.
25., Cs, 15:34):
>
> Hi all,
>
> I do not know whether the "guix system disk-image" command is supposed to work on a non GuixSD system.
>
> If it is, then I'm running into an error while trying to create a disk from a system declaration on my Arch Linux OS.
>
> I run:
> $ guix system disk-image --fallback config.scm
>
> with config.scm copied at the end of this email.
>
> I get the error message at the end of this emai.
>
> I do not really know where to start looking. It appears that the error is in the qemu package, which is necessary for grub. I tried removing the bootloader part of the system declaration, as I can boot from the ext4 partition directly, but it seems necessary to have one such part in the OS declaration.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. In the meantime I'm running the command in a GuixSD VM, but it's taking forever and it's way more cumbersome than being able to run it on any system.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Edouard.
>
>
>
> ---------------config.scm
>
> ;; This is an operating system configuration template
> ;; for a "bare bones" setup, with no X11 display server.
>
> (use-modules (gnu))
> (use-service-modules networking ssh)
> (use-package-modules screen ssh)
>
> (operating-system
>   (host-name "GuixSD_Base")
>   (timezone "UTC")
>   (locale "en_US.utf8")
>
>   ;; Boot in "legacy" BIOS mode, assuming /dev/sdX is the
>   ;; target hard disk, and "my-root" is the label of the target
>   ;; root file system.
>   (bootloader (bootloader-configuration
>                 (bootloader grub-bootloader)
>                 (target "/dev/sda")))
>   (file-systems (cons (file-system
>                         (device (file-system-label "my-root"))
>                         (mount-point "/")
>                         (type "ext4"))
>                       %base-file-systems))
>
>   ;; This is where user accounts are specified.  The "root"
>   ;; account is implicit, and is initially created with the
>   ;; empty password.
>   (users (cons (user-account
>                 (name "edouard")
>                 (comment "boudoir")
>                 (group "users")
>
>                 ;; Adding the account to the "wheel" group
>                 ;; makes it a sudoer.  Adding it to "audio"
>                 ;; and "video" allows the user to play sound
>                 ;; and access the webcam.
>                 (supplementary-groups '("wheel"
>                                         "audio" "video"))
>                 (home-directory "/home/edouard"))
>                %base-user-accounts))
>
>   ;; Globally-installed packages.
>   (packages (append (map specification->package
>                          '("tmux" "openssh"))
>                     %base-packages))
>
>   ;; Add services to the baseline: a DHCP client and
>   ;; an SSH server.
>   (services (cons* (dhcp-client-service)
>                    (service openssh-service-type
>                             (openssh-configuration
>                              (authorized-keys
>                               '(("edouard" ,(local-file "edouard.pub"))
>                                 ("root" ,(local-file "edouard.pub"))))
>                        (permit-root-login 'without-password)
>                              (port-number 22)))
>                    %base-services)))
> ------------error message
> c++ -I/gnu/store/pslvw8b4r0m5vmbz2ml7whcv2wbdpa57-pixman-0.34.0/include/pixman-1 -I/tmp/guix-build-qemu-minimal-2.10.2.drv-0/qemu-2.10.2/dtc/libfdt -pthread -I/gnu/s[14/1947]
> cagl47zbb6krfpmwm31m70s9pk00-glib-2.56.0/include/glib-2.0 -I/gnu/store/x9lfcagl47zbb6krfpmwm31m70s9pk00-glib-2.56.0/lib/glib-2.0/include -DNCURSES_WIDECHAR -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_D
> EFAULT_SOURCE -fPIE -DPIE -m64 -mcx16 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -Wstrict-prototypes -Wredundant-decls -Wall -Wundef -Wwrite-strings -Wmissing-p
> rototypes -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fwrapv  -Wendif-labels -Wno-missing-include-dirs -Wempty-body -Wnested-externs -Wformat-security -Wformat-y2k -Winit-self -Wignore
> d-qualifiers -Wold-style-declaration -Wold-style-definition -Wtype-limits -fstack-protector-strong   -I/gnu/store/8679cp88yg5jrq2q1944xf14ibyp1kp7-libpng-1.6.34/include/libpn
> g16 -I/tmp/guix-build-qemu-minimal-2.10.2.drv-0/qemu-2.10.2/tests -O2 -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2  -Wl,--warn-common -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -pie -m64 -Wl,--warn-co
> mmon -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -pie -m64 -lrt -o tests/test-replication tests/test-replication.o block.o blockjob.o qemu-io-cmds.o replication.o block/raw-format.o block/qcow.o
>  block/vdi.o block/vmdk.o block/cloop.o block/bochs.o block/vpc.o block/vvfat.o block/dmg.o block/qcow2.o block/qcow2-refcount.o block/qcow2-cluster.o block/qcow2-snapshot.o
> block/qcow2-cache.o block/qcow2-bitmap.o block/qed.o block/qed-l2-cache.o block/qed-table.o block/qed-cluster.o block/qed-check.o block/vhdx.o block/vhdx-endian.o block/vhdx-
> log.o block/quorum.o block/parallels.o block/blkdebug.o block/blkverify.o block/blkreplay.o block/block-backend.o block/snapshot.o block/qapi.o block/file-posix.o block/linux
> -aio.o block/null.o block/mirror.o block/commit.o block/io.o block/throttle-groups.o block/nbd.o block/nbd-client.o block/sheepdog.o block/accounting.o block/dirty-bitmap.o b
> lock/write-threshold.o block/backup.o block/replication.o block/crypto.o nbd/server.o nbd/client.o nbd/common.o block/dmg-bz2.o io/channel.o io/channel-buffer.o io/channel-co
> mmand.o io/channel-file.o io/channel-socket.o io/channel-tls.o io/channel-watch.o io/channel-websock.o io/channel-util.o io/dns-resolver.o io/task.o crypto/init.o crypto/hash
> .o crypto/hash-glib.o crypto/hmac.o crypto/hmac-glib.o crypto/aes.o crypto/desrfb.o crypto/cipher.o crypto/tlscreds.o crypto/tlscredsanon.o crypto/tlscredsx509.o crypto/tlsse
> ssion.o crypto/secret.o crypto/random-platform.o crypto/pbkdf.o crypto/ivgen.o crypto/ivgen-essiv.o crypto/ivgen-plain.o crypto/ivgen-plain64.o crypto/afsplit.o crypto/xts.o
> crypto/block.o crypto/block-qcow.o crypto/block-luks.o qom/object.o qom/container.o qom/qom-qobject.o qom/object_interfaces.o tests/iothread.o  libqemuutil.a libqemustub.a  -
> lz -laio -lbz2 -lm -L/gnu/store/x9lfcagl47zbb6krfpmwm31m70s9pk00-glib-2.56.0/lib -lgthread-2.0 -pthread -lglib-2.0  -lz -lz  -lutil
> MALLOC_PERTURB_=${MALLOC_PERTURB_:-$(( ${RANDOM:-0} % 255 + 1))} gtester -k --verbose -m=quick tests/test-replication
> TEST: tests/test-replication... (pid=14861)
>   /replication/primary/read:                                           OK
>   /replication/primary/write:                                          OK
>   /replication/primary/start:                                          OK
>   /replication/primary/stop:                                           OK
>   /replication/primary/do_checkpoint:                                  OK
>   /replication/primary/get_error_all:                                  OK
>   /replication/secondary/read:                                         OK
>   /replication/secondary/write:                                        OK
>   /replication/secondary/start:                                        **
> ERROR:tests/test-replication.c:117:test_blk_write: assertion failed: (async_ret == 0)
> FAIL
> GTester: last random seed: R02Sb499c9e89b18bb967dd59acad1b2aaa8
> (pid=14865)
>   /replication/secondary/stop:                                         OK
>   /replication/secondary/do_checkpoint:                                OK
>   /replication/secondary/get_error_all:                                OK
> FAIL: tests/test-replication
> make: *** [/tmp/guix-build-qemu-minimal-2.10.2.drv-0/qemu-2.10.2/tests/Makefile.include:849: check-tests/test-replication] Error 1
>
> Test suite failed, dumping logs.
> Backtrace:
>            4 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/5v4cdxg9m4x6hax86g1q7jw5bch…")
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
>    191:35  3 (_ _)
> In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
>     640:9  2 (for-each #<procedure a06400 at /gnu/store/f95ghy8mx00…> …)
> In /gnu/store/f95ghy8mx00fc22nrvswvnpqlfdkf2nk-module-import/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm:
>    799:31  1 (_ _)
>     369:6  0 (check #:target _ #:make-flags _ #:tests? _ # _ # _ # _)
>
> /gnu/store/f95ghy8mx00fc22nrvswvnpqlfdkf2nk-module-import/guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm:369:6: In procedure check:
> Throw to key `srfi-34' with args `(#<condition &invoke-error [program: "make" arguments: ("check") exit-status: 2 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f] 986a40>)'.
> builder for `/gnu/store/5q7ixx1qjf7msamr052jc5jyfilhpsai-qemu-minimal-2.10.2.drv' failed with exit code 1
> cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/5i56cl8c6608azkn67qy54nf2kqxfhkl-grub-2.02.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
> guix system: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/5i56cl8c6608azkn67qy54nf2kqxfhkl-grub-2.02.drv' failed
>
>

It seems that qemu-minimal failed it's test suite.

Could you try to run the command again, and report back, so that we
can see if the problem persists?
(We often see indeterministic test failures unfortunately.)

Best regards,
g_bor