bug#35274: guix unable to pull or reconfigure as root

[timothyhobbs]

Hi,

thanks for the quick response:

# guix describe

guix describe: error: failed to determine origin

$ guix describe
Generation 7    Apr 14 2019 14:46:29    (current)
  guix cabe8f1
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: cabe8f18443a0a1deb6f2ae7d8f4a6fb591daceb

# guix --version
guix (GNU Guix) 0.16.0-8.7ba2b27
Copyright (C) 2018 the Guix authors
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

$ guix version
guix (GNU Guix) cabe8f18443a0a1deb6f2ae7d8f4a6fb591daceb
Copyright (C) 2019 the Guix authors
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

NOTE: # is logged in as root, $ is logged in as normal user.
---------- Původní e-mail ----------
Od: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Komu: address@hidden
Datum: 15. 4. 2019 13:06:49
Předmět: Re: bug#35274: guix unable to pull or reconfigure as root

> Hello,
>
> <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > building directory of Info manuals...
> > Backtrace:
> >           10 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/0f4zf4bnfasysq3lsc0a6rfcsp6?")
> > In ice-9/eval.scm:
> >    721:20  9 (primitive-eval (begin (use-modules (guix build #) ?) ?))
> > In ice-9/psyntax.scm:
> >   1235:36  8 (expand-top-sequence ((begin (use-modules (# # ?) ?) ?)) ?)
> >   1182:24  7 (parse _ (("placeholder" placeholder)) ((top) #(# # ?)) ?)
> >   1182:24  6 (parse _ (("placeholder" placeholder)) ((top) #(# # ?)) ?)
> >    285:10  5 (parse _ (("placeholder" placeholder)) (()) _ c&e (eval) ?)
> > In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> >   3377:20  4 (process-use-modules _)
> >    222:17  3 (map1 (((guix build utils)) ((srfi srfi-1)) ((srfi ?)) ?))
> >   3378:31  2 (_ ((guix build utils)))
> >    2803:6  1 (resolve-interface _ #:select _ #:hide _ #:prefix _ # _ ?)
> > In unknown file:
> >            0 (scm-error misc-error #f "~A ~S" ("no code for modu?" ?) ?)
> >
> > ERROR: In procedure scm-error:
> > no code for module (guix build utils)
> > builder for `/gnu/store/21dpv46d3bqxivs7mq0jqic6d5hdjmph-info-dir.drv' 
> > failed with exit code 1
>
> Could you share the output of ‘guix describe’ and ‘guix --version’?
>
> This looks like a bug that was fixed a few months back:
>
>   https://issues.guix.info/issue/27476
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ludo’.