Re: guix pull fails on powerful server

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Ricardo,

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> skribis:

> The following derivation will be built:
>    /gnu/store/yvyfkns3w3vm7ynwbr7mvxcmin4gd2a0-guix-latest.drv
> copying and compiling to 
> '/gnu/store/7m52dkr98nhwgpsx20mmpwyw2yzj58d3-guix-latest' with Guile 2.2.2...
> loading...       25.4% of 629 filesrandom seed for tests: 1506066913
> loading...       99.8% of 629 files
> compiling...     69.2% of 629 filesice-9/threads.scm:289:22: In procedure 
> loop:
> ice-9/threads.scm:289:22: Syntax error:
> guix/scripts.scm:130:2: >>=: >>= (bind) used outside of 'with-monad' in form 
> (>>= (apply set-build-options* #:use-substitutes
> ptions)) (lambda (unused-value) (mbegin %store-monad (mlet %store-monad 
> ((derivation (origin->derivation (package-source pack
> tutes? use-substitutes? #:dry-run? dry-run?) (return (show-derivation-outputs 
> derivation)))))))

This was reported at <https://bugs.gnu.org/27476>, and I suspect a
thread-safety issue.  However, syntax parameters are purely functional
AFAICS, so I fail to see why multithreading could be a problem.

Andy, any idea what could be causing this?

Thanks,
Ludo’.