Re: GNU Guix 1.3.0rc1 available for testing!

[Tissevert]

Hi !!

I've just given the binary tarball a spin on Devuan. Worked almost flawlessly
(daemonize wasn't installed and I missed the part when it was mentioned because
I was a bit in a hurry but apart from that the overall experience was great —
the guix text art was surprising in a good kind of way).

I got the warning about the GPG keys, and I confirm I got a single warning for
both keys at once with a very simple click'n'paste command to import the keys
and fix the problem.

Once installed and the daemon started manually, it looks like it works (at
least the simple things I use do). To answer Leo's question if I understand it
correctly, I can guarantee you that absolutely no guix-related user or group
existed before I ran the script, and they have been successfully created (10
guix builder users named `printf "guixbuilder%02d" <$> [1..10]` and 1 group 
named
guixbuild).

It's so cool to be able to use Guix on that box (I'll soon reinstall it with
Guix I think but in the meantime it's there and that's handy). Thanks !


Tissevert

On Sat, 01 May 2021 01:45:57 -0400
Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Guix!
> 
> A first RC for the upcoming 1.3.0 release is now available for
> testing:
> 
>   source:
>     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-1.3.0rc1.tar.gz
> 
>   binary tarball (to install on a “foreign distro”):
>     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
>     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.armhf-linux.tar.xz
>     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.i686-linux.tar.xz
>     
> https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
>     https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
> 
>   system installation:
>     
> https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.3.0rc1.i686-linux.iso.xz
>     
> https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.iso.xz
> 
>   virtual machine image:
>     
> https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.qcow2.xz
> 
> SHA256 hashes:
> 
> 46525e84d2a1d30a53bb40569de23bb1813b8df78731d09b5eac977818106ea7
> guix-1.3.0rc1.tar.gz
> 2427e73f5f18c51446174cd230b6dc19c8461838641bec6f66761537e7aa7ad4
> guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
> 89028139d049e1a868d41c5d1155f6b3be1b1b0407d93bfa86b7c713a87c1daf
> guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.armhf-linux.tar.xz
> 5da4edf9075c87d575d653140b53fe316305f94b58179aa935af223f037b36c2
> guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.i686-linux.tar.xz
> f7c2a42f9f48fc6b2d7ba672ed49c3a6fc483cb3fbe261a8a79385b8381205ec
> guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
> 3348ec2fd116ed97c1806f8eac777ab2f7cff2b466b7c0dc5c2d1a904e4395f7
> guix-binary-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
> 429deb5af3a956e7530cd0ed4cab7d5b13a7f1d22a0fe690f6714ab89a846db6
> guix-system-install-1.3.0rc1.i686-linux.iso.xz
> a1772a8d08729471e7b1c04ac4d9213f4db077458aeacc59d14ff9f2399357b2
> guix-system-install-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.iso.xz
> 58ccabbc61cd00d9b1ec1f417360827aa2f8428567f1cfb0a83dc2191e67897e
> guix-system-vm-image-1.3.0rc1.x86_64-linux.qcow2.xz
> 
> All these files have an associated ‘.sig’, an OpenPGP signature that
> you can verify as explained at
> <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html>.
> 
> You can help by:
> 
>   1. Testing the binary tarball on the distro of your choice.  You can
>      download <https://guix.gnu.org/install.sh>.  Uncomment the
>      ‘GNU_URL’ variable assignment that refers to alpha.gnu.org and it
>      should pick up 1.3.0rc1 automatically.
> 
>   2. Testing the graphical installer of Guix System.
> 
>   3. Testing the VM image.
> 
> In any case, please report success, failure, and annoyances in this
> thread.
> 
> The remaining outstanding issues, which you can track here [0], are as
> follow and affect the installer:
> 
> 47567 Installer crash in 'uuid->string' for a FAT16 partition
> 44872 Installer crash: 'uuid->string' is passed #f in lieu of a UUID
> 
> If everything goes well, the final release is planned for the 10th of
> May, which gives us about a week to test and fix any remaining issues.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Maxim
> 
> [0]  http://issues.guix.gnu.org/47297
>