2018-03-16 23:20 GMT+01:00 Björn Höfling : > On Fri, 16 Mar 2018 21:54:24 +0100 > Catonano wrote: > > > 2018-03-16 21:38 GMT+01:00 Marius Bakke : > > > > > Catonano writes: > > > > > > > ~$ guix system vm ~/configs/vm-config-desktop.scm \ > > > >> --image-size=10GB \ > > > >> --share=$HOME/transit=/transit > > > > guix system: error: build failed: error parsing derivation > > > > `/gnu/store/dp8ywhh22n8ixikqdvsb6w6qbn4iw899-environment.drv': > > > > expected string `Derive([' > > > > > > This is very odd. Can you paste the output of: > > > > > > cat /gnu/store/dp8ywhh22n8ixikqdvsb6w6qbn4iw899-environment.drv ? > > > > > > Does it make any difference if you drop --image-size (which is now > > > autodetected) and/or --share? > > > > > > > > > catonano@xps ~/projects/guix$ cat > > /gnu/store/dp8ywhh22n8ixikqdvsb6w6qbn4iw899-environment.drv > > catonano@xps ~/projects/guix$ > > > > also > > > > catonano@xps ~/projects/guix$ ls -lha > > /gnu/store/dp8ywhh22n8ixikqdvsb6w6qbn4iw899-environment.drv > > -r--r--r-- 2 root root 0 1 gen 1970 > > > > catonano@xps ~/projects/guix$ > > > > > > it's an empty file ! > > Just a blind guess, not sure if that thing is alive or dead: > > Can you try: > > guix gc -d /gnu/store/dp8ywhh22n8ixikqdvsb6w6qbn4iw899-environment.drv > > And then start again with your `guix system vm ...` > > > Björn > After "guix gc" it works !! Thanks !!