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Shell can't find basic system tools after massive garbage collection |
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Sun, 19 Jul 2020 23:09:09 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
I run Guix System on my laptop and I wanted to free some space so I ran
all the cleaning stuff I could think of:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
guix package --delete-generations
guix gc --delete-generations
sudo guix system delete-generations
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
After running them all, I had troubles using some of the most basic
tools, like ls or rm. Other programs seemed fine (make, gcc, guix) as I
could compile my builds of dwm and st.
After I ran `guix system reconfigure` and I made sure my profile
contains all the software I need at the latest version by running `guix
package -m` on my manifest, everything went back to normal -- I could
use ls and rm again.
Sadly, I didn't gather more information as I didn't experiment much with
the broken system because I freaked out and tried to fix it as fast as
possible.
I don't know what to make of this. Brett Gilio suggested it may have
been a bad symlink job.
Cheers,
Sergiu
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Re: bug#42434: Shell can't find basic system tools after massive garbage collection |
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Sun, 02 Aug 2020 12:38:02 +0300 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Brett Gilio <brettg@gnu.org> writes:
> I haven't investigated this myself, but on more thought it may also have
> to do with some outdated environment variables. Did you happen to reboot
> your computer or restart your X/Wayland session anytime after deleting
> the old generations and running the garbage collector?
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> Brett Gilio
I ran those commands again on two of my machines that run Guix System
and the problem no longer exists.
Closing.
Cheers,
Sergiu
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