Re: guix pull le-certs problem - formerly: Having a Guix archive

[Pjotr Prins]

Oh yes,

  guix package -i le-certs

  The following package will be installed:
     le-certs     0       /gnu/store/35bj4v3skwwdmydsndz1hj14d7p95qcb-le-certs-0

  guix package: error: build failed: opening file 
`/gnu/store/cm5gjbfkps9g18z6a49shk55ai9101nk-le-certs-0.drv': No such file or 
directory

A bit circular.

Pj.

On Sun, Jul 08, 2018 at 02:28:51PM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> I wrote up how I rescue guix tools using a VM and guix archive:
> 
>   https://gitlab.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/GUIX-RESCUE.org
> 
> so you have an idea what I am talking about.
> 
> Unfortunately I am now getting an le-certs error on guix pull:
> 
>   guix pull: error: build failed: opening file 
> `/gnu/store/cm5gjbfkps9g18z6a49shk55ai9101nk-le-certs-0.drv': No such file or 
> directory
> 
> This is the case with guix-daemon and client versions 0.14xx and 0.15.
> 
> Any idea? Should that not be part of guix archive guix.nar then? Even
> so, it does not matter which version I run. Also after installing guix
> with
> 
>   guix package -i guix
> 
> Pj.
> 
> On Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 02:17:12PM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> > Is it an idea to also have a current Guix archive on the download
> > page? Or at least a link to one?
> > 
> >    https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/download/
> > 
> > Ever so often I need to rescue a running Guix system which won't run
> > guix pull and even a build-from-source quickly. Being able to do
> > 
> >    guix archive --import < guix-latest.nar
> > 
> > or something similar would be rather convenient. 
>