Re: guix pull fails because substitution fails

[zimoun]

Hi,

On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 at 19:48, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@freenet.de> wrote:

> ```
> $ guix pull
>
> Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at
> 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'... Building from this
> channel: guix      https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
> b828057

You were pulling b828057, but from which commit?


> Trying to update a package also fails:
> ´´´
> guix package -u inkscape
> hint: Consider installing the `glibc-utf8-locales' or `glibc-locales'
> package and defining `GUIX_LOCPATH', along these lines:
>
>      guix install glibc-utf8-locales
>      export GUIX_LOCPATH="$HOME/.guix-profile/lib/locale"
>
> See the "Application Setup" section in the manual, for more info.
>
> guix package: warning: Your Guix installation is 10 days old.
> guix package: warning: Consider running 'guix pull' followed by
> 'guix package -u' to get up-to-date packages and security updates.
>
> The following package will be upgraded:
>    inkscape (dependencies or package changed)
>
> substitute: following redirection to
> `https://ci.guix.gnu.org/nix-cache-info'... substitute: Backtrace:
> substitute:            3 (apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure c90a40>)
> substitute: In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> substitute:     705:2  2 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure
> default-prompt-handle…>) substitute: In ice-9/eval.scm:
> substitute:     619:8  1 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) ce8140>)))
> substitute: In guix/ui.scm:
> substitute:   1579:12  0 (run-guix-command _ . _)
> substitute: 
> substitute: guix/ui.scm:1579:12: In procedure run-guix-command:
> substitute: In procedure put-string: Wrong type argument in position 1
> (expecting open output port): #<closed: string 1664930> guix package:
> error: substituter `substitute' died unexpectedly
> ´´´

What is the output of “guix pull -l” and “guix package -l”?  What does “guix
time-machine –commit=b828057 – help” say?


All the best,
simon