2018-03-16 21:07 GMT+01:00 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>:

> Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Ok, so in running
> >
> > sudo -E guix ...
> >
> > I had messed up my installation, so guix pull didn't work anymore
> >
> > I think I fixed it now
> >
> > guix pull ust worked, I reconfigured my system
> >
> > but this still happens
> >
> > $ ./pre-inst-env 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(['
>
> Do you get the same error if you don't use "./pre-inst-env"?
>
> What does 'git describe' output in your repository?
>


Thank you Marius

This is without .pre-inst-env

~$ guix system vm ~/configs/vm-config-desktop.scm \
>    --image-size=10GB \
>    --share=$HOME/transit=/transit
guix system: error: build failed: error parsing derivation
`/gnu/store/dp8ywhh22n8ixikqdvsb6w6qbn4iw899-environment.drv': expected
string `Derive(['
catonano@xps ~$


and this is git describe in my repo

~/projects/guix$ git describe
v0.14.0-3414-g1d97d8ffd