Hi, Marius: The problem is not reproduced after I did another 'guix pull'. I attached the information: 1. root@guix ~# guix describe Generation 4 May 04 2020 06:21:35 (current) guix c563f88 repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: c563f8887db23241922fabf62a4da5d1526a644f 2. config.scm is attached. ________________________________ From: Marius Bakke Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2020 11:16 PM To: wensheng xie; 41051@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#41051: [guix-1.1.0] guix system failed Thanks for the report! wensheng xie writes: > The error: > > root@guix ~# guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm > The following derivation will be built: > /gnu/store/g26kkrfd49y5wcz57x0xgkh97w997kmb-grub.cfg.drv > building /gnu/store/g26kkrfd49y5wcz57x0xgkh97w997kmb-grub.cfg.drv... > /gnu/store/2lnjrv5388727sw45jhrrsyf0140nrd2-system > /gnu/store/gsxap47dgsjs6zvdim42j5lal5rfj10w-grub.cfg > > activating system... > making '/gnu/store/2lnjrv5388727sw45jhrrsyf0140nrd2-system' the current system... > setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'... > populating /etc from /gnu/store/hzhhbayyfxjqghxklawy8r8a1i8ws7pg-etc... > The following derivation will be built: > /gnu/store/6wy32ybajjrdn1nydvp1i0iai6x77jqc-install-bootloader.scm.drv > building /gnu/store/6wy32ybajjrdn1nydvp1i0iai6x77jqc-install-bootloader.scm.drv... > guix system: bootloader successfully installed on '/dev/sda' > guix system: error: exception caught while executing 'eval' on service 'root': > Unrecognized keyword: #:file-creation-mask Can you post the output of 'guix describe' and the config.scm you are using?