Cannot use substituters with nix-store Guix

[yoctocell]

I was able to install Guix from Emillier88's fork (issues are disabled on that repo), but when I run guix pull I get an error:

$ 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	6298c3f
downloading from https://ci.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc ...
Backtrace:
           3 (apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 7f0ca3525920>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    705:2  2 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-handle…>)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
    619:8  1 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7f0ca318d140>)))
In guix/ui.scm:
  2117:12  0 (run-guix-command _ . _)

guix/ui.scm:2117:12: In procedure run-guix-command:
Wrong type to apply: #f
substitution of /gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc failed
guix pull: error: some substitutes for the outputs of derivation `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv' failed (usually happens due to networking issues); try `--fallback' to build derivation from source 

The same thing happens when I try to install a package:

$ guix install hello
guix install: warning: Consider running 'guix pull' followed by
'guix package -u' to get up-to-date packages and security updates.

The following package will be installed:
   hello 2.10

15.7 MB will be downloaded
downloading from https://ci.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31 ...
Backtrace:
           3 (apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 7f18e2c97920>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    705:2  2 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-handle…>)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
    619:8  1 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7f18e28ff140>)))
In guix/ui.scm:
  2117:12  0 (run-guix-command _ . _)

guix/ui.scm:2117:12: In procedure run-guix-command:
Wrong type to apply: #f
substitution of /gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31 failed
killing process 15513
guix install: error: some substitutes for the outputs of derivation `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv' failed (usually happens due to networking issues); try `--fallback' to build derivation from source 

Any ideas on why this happens?

[bqv]

Honestly, even when I made it, this was only just functional enough to get guix to fetch and install itself. The "guix pull" from /nix/store-based guix never worked. Not sure why 'guix install' is failing, but perhaps try experimenting with guix environment -C guix --ad-hoc bash guile-json vim, as that was the first command that I successfully ran

[yoctocell]

Thanks for the pointer, but unfortunately guix environment -C guix --ad-hoc bash guile-json vim gives the same as the other commands. When I ran guix environment --ad-hoc bash --falback, it was able to download the tarball of the source code but some substitutions were still failing.

$ guix environment --ad-hoc bash --fallback
substitution of /gnu/store/xwanyg9972rpznx89ja38v01c8483392-bash-4.4.tar.gz complete
downloading from https://ci.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/mzfkrxd4w8vqrmyrx169wj8wyw7r8i37-bash ...
Backtrace:
           3 (apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 7f548cab7920>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    705:2  2 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-handle…>)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
    619:8  1 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7f548c71f140>)))
In guix/ui.scm:
  2117:12  0 (run-guix-command _ . _)

guix/ui.scm:2117:12: In procedure run-guix-command:
Wrong type to apply: #f
substitution of /gnu/store/mzfkrxd4w8vqrmyrx169wj8wyw7r8i37-bash failed
downloading from https://ci.guix.gnu.org/nar/9wscd6fzgy5b1m8h7pifd732whsh6v0y-bash-5.0.tar.xz ...

...

Though, this means that I will have to compile everything from source which is a pain.

[bqv]

I've been having a similar error with guix{,-daemon} from nix communicating with guixsd, actually. Perhaps this is an issue due to an update, @mbakke could you help?

[mbakke]

Why hello there. It's hard to tell what's going on from that backtrace, but from a glance at the flake, it could be because /var/guix does not exist. The service is configured to use /gnu/var, but the package has no --localstatedir and so the daemon might be trying $out/var.

I'd try and give explicit storeDir and stateDir to the Guix package as a start.

[yoctocell]

Hmm, I overrode the stateDir and storeDir variables like this:

final: prev:
{
  guix = prev.guix.override {
    storeDir = "/gnu/store";
    stateDir = "/gnu/var";
  };
}

but I still get the same error when doing guix install hello. I increased the verbosity of the output, maybe there is something useful there.

$ guix install hello --debug=10
|guix install: warning: Consider running 'guix pull' followed by
'guix package -u' to get up-to-date packages and security updates.

The following package will be installed:
   hello 2.10

/15.7 MB will be downloaded
building `/gnu/store/0qdrfgqjl3g86ng2z5iw7vldgjgsz072-mkfontscale-1.2.1.drv', `/gnu/store/fyy3jayqsvp90xj4bb7blsy08x1pzwji-mkfontdir-1.0.7.drv', `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv', `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv'
|   building of `/gnu/store/0qdrfgqjl3g86ng2z5iw7vldgjgsz072-mkfontscale-1.2.1.drv': created
|   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   building of `/gnu/store/0qdrfgqjl3g86ng2z5iw7vldgjgsz072-mkfontscale-1.2.1.drv': woken up
|   building of `/gnu/store/fyy3jayqsvp90xj4bb7blsy08x1pzwji-mkfontdir-1.0.7.drv': created
|   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   building of `/gnu/store/fyy3jayqsvp90xj4bb7blsy08x1pzwji-mkfontdir-1.0.7.drv': woken up
|   building of `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv': created
|   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   building of `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv': woken up
|   building of `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv': created
|   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   building of `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv': woken up
|   entered goal loop
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv': init
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv': loading derivation
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': woken up
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv': init
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv': loading derivation
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/4ildmh169dixyn05mlgjz07x4d2hcq2g-libx11-1.6.A': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/4ildmh169dixyn05mlgjz07x4d2hcq2g-libx11-1.6.A': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc': woken up
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/fyy3jayqsvp90xj4bb7blsy08x1pzwji-mkfontdir-1.0.7.drv': init
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/fyy3jayqsvp90xj4bb7blsy08x1pzwji-mkfontdir-1.0.7.drv': loading derivation
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/m5g0p6r64sznfxyq6y09mfl0w07s4jvg-mkfontdir-1.0.7': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/m5g0p6r64sznfxyq6y09mfl0w07s4jvg-mkfontdir-1.0.7': woken up
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/0qdrfgqjl3g86ng2z5iw7vldgjgsz072-mkfontscale-1.2.1.drv': init
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/0qdrfgqjl3g86ng2z5iw7vldgjgsz072-mkfontscale-1.2.1.drv': loading derivation
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/pik3sl0ssqzhzn25n1lgnh4238byszj4-mkfontscale-1.2.1': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/pik3sl0ssqzhzn25n1lgnh4238byszj4-mkfontscale-1.2.1': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': all references realised
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/4ildmh169dixyn05mlgjz07x4d2hcq2g-libx11-1.6.A': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/4ildmh169dixyn05mlgjz07x4d2hcq2g-libx11-1.6.A': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/01b4w3m6mp55y531kyi1g8shh722kwqm-gcc-7.5.0-lib': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/01b4w3m6mp55y531kyi1g8shh722kwqm-gcc-7.5.0-lib': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/6cdl970wcv4jhvpgbh8sdj54a5gwhmwj-libxdmcp-1.1.3': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/6cdl970wcv4jhvpgbh8sdj54a5gwhmwj-libxdmcp-1.1.3': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/a8gdwnmpryd39jixzy4xs9p4i7gy17qv-libxcb-1.14': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/a8gdwnmpryd39jixzy4xs9p4i7gy17qv-libxcb-1.14': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/cqwj25wxzzs8frz5c9alqns24bcfspqz-libbsd-0.10.0': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/cqwj25wxzzs8frz5c9alqns24bcfspqz-libbsd-0.10.0': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/h7sy4hr7arjknbyy1aq0xwv6fksnzw9n-libxau-1.0.9': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/h7sy4hr7arjknbyy1aq0xwv6fksnzw9n-libxau-1.0.9': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc': all references realised
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/m5g0p6r64sznfxyq6y09mfl0w07s4jvg-mkfontdir-1.0.7': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/m5g0p6r64sznfxyq6y09mfl0w07s4jvg-mkfontdir-1.0.7': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/pik3sl0ssqzhzn25n1lgnh4238byszj4-mkfontscale-1.2.1': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/pik3sl0ssqzhzn25n1lgnh4238byszj4-mkfontscale-1.2.1': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/25f64izmp6k64j48ivvv610nvrhm2nv8-libfontenc-1.1.4': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/25f64izmp6k64j48ivvv610nvrhm2nv8-libfontenc-1.1.4': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/haaam6v8l4s75mj9xmpb9gc78xk001y9-freetype-2.10.1': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/haaam6v8l4s75mj9xmpb9gc78xk001y9-freetype-2.10.1': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/rykm237xkmq7rl1p0nwass01p090p88x-zlib-1.2.11': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/rykm237xkmq7rl1p0nwass01p090p88x-zlib-1.2.11': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/haaam6v8l4s75mj9xmpb9gc78xk001y9-freetype-2.10.1': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/haaam6v8l4s75mj9xmpb9gc78xk001y9-freetype-2.10.1': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/3x2kak8abb6z2klch72kfff2qxzv00pj-libpng-1.6.37': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/3x2kak8abb6z2klch72kfff2qxzv00pj-libpng-1.6.37': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/i8h2pcxqdq07ijm3ibkka8f4smn1w48v-bzip2-1.0.8': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/i8h2pcxqdq07ijm3ibkka8f4smn1w48v-bzip2-1.0.8': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/krpyb0zi700dcrg9cc8932w4v0qivdg9-pkg-config-0.29.2': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/krpyb0zi700dcrg9cc8932w4v0qivdg9-pkg-config-0.29.2': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/01b4w3m6mp55y531kyi1g8shh722kwqm-gcc-7.5.0-lib': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/01b4w3m6mp55y531kyi1g8shh722kwqm-gcc-7.5.0-lib': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16': created
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': trying to run
|   |   locking path `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31'
|   |   lock acquired on `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.lock'
|   |   fetching path `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31'...
|   |   @ substituter-started /gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31 substitute
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/cqwj25wxzzs8frz5c9alqns24bcfspqz-libbsd-0.10.0': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/cqwj25wxzzs8frz5c9alqns24bcfspqz-libbsd-0.10.0': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/25f64izmp6k64j48ivvv610nvrhm2nv8-libfontenc-1.1.4': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/25f64izmp6k64j48ivvv610nvrhm2nv8-libfontenc-1.1.4': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc': trying to run
|   |   wait for build slot
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/h7sy4hr7arjknbyy1aq0xwv6fksnzw9n-libxau-1.0.9': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/h7sy4hr7arjknbyy1aq0xwv6fksnzw9n-libxau-1.0.9': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/a8gdwnmpryd39jixzy4xs9p4i7gy17qv-libxcb-1.14': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/a8gdwnmpryd39jixzy4xs9p4i7gy17qv-libxcb-1.14': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/6cdl970wcv4jhvpgbh8sdj54a5gwhmwj-libxdmcp-1.1.3': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/6cdl970wcv4jhvpgbh8sdj54a5gwhmwj-libxdmcp-1.1.3': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/rykm237xkmq7rl1p0nwass01p090p88x-zlib-1.2.11': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/rykm237xkmq7rl1p0nwass01p090p88x-zlib-1.2.11': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16': all references realised
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/i8h2pcxqdq07ijm3ibkka8f4smn1w48v-bzip2-1.0.8': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/i8h2pcxqdq07ijm3ibkka8f4smn1w48v-bzip2-1.0.8': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/3x2kak8abb6z2klch72kfff2qxzv00pj-libpng-1.6.37': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/3x2kak8abb6z2klch72kfff2qxzv00pj-libpng-1.6.37': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/krpyb0zi700dcrg9cc8932w4v0qivdg9-pkg-config-0.29.2': init
|   |   acquiring write lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   downgrading to read lock on `/gnu/var/temproots/17872'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/krpyb0zi700dcrg9cc8932w4v0qivdg9-pkg-config-0.29.2': trying substituter
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16': trying to run
|   |   wait for build slot
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 184 bytes
downloading from https://ci.guix.gnu.org/nar/lzip/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31 ...
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 11 bytes
Backtrace:
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 58 bytes
           3 (apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 7f13c4eff920>)
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 21 bytes
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 74 bytes
    705:2  2 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-handle…>)
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 19 bytes
In ice-9/eval.scm:
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 62 bytes
    619:8  1 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7f13c4b67140>)))
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 16 bytes
In guix/ui.scm:
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 38 bytes
  2117:12  0 (run-guix-command _ . _)
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 1 bytes

|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': read 76 bytes
guix/ui.scm:2117:12: In procedure run-guix-command:
Wrong type to apply: #f
|   |   waiting for children
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': got EOF
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': substitute finished
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc': woken up
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16': woken up
|   |   fetching path `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31' failed with exit code 1
|   |   @ substituter-failed /gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31 256 fetching path `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31' failed with exit code 1
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': done
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv': waitee `substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31'' done; 0 left
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv': woken up
|   |   lock released on `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.lock'
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/z7a6sbvqzb5zapwpznmjkq2rsxil6i67-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31': goal destroyed
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16': trying to run
|   |   locking path `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16'
|   |   lock acquired on `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16.lock'
|   |   fetching path `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16'...
|   |   @ substituter-started /gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16 substitute
|   |   substitution of `/gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc': trying to run
|   |   wait for build slot
|   |   building of `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv': all outputs substituted (maybe)
|   building of `/gnu/store/0qdrfgqjl3g86ng2z5iw7vldgjgsz072-mkfontscale-1.2.1.drv': goal destroyed
|   building of `/gnu/store/fyy3jayqsvp90xj4bb7blsy08x1pzwji-mkfontdir-1.0.7.drv': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/m5g0p6r64sznfxyq6y09mfl0w07s4jvg-mkfontdir-1.0.7': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/pik3sl0ssqzhzn25n1lgnh4238byszj4-mkfontscale-1.2.1': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/25f64izmp6k64j48ivvv610nvrhm2nv8-libfontenc-1.1.4': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/haaam6v8l4s75mj9xmpb9gc78xk001y9-freetype-2.10.1': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/krpyb0zi700dcrg9cc8932w4v0qivdg9-pkg-config-0.29.2': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/3x2kak8abb6z2klch72kfff2qxzv00pj-libpng-1.6.37': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/rykm237xkmq7rl1p0nwass01p090p88x-zlib-1.2.11': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/i8h2pcxqdq07ijm3ibkka8f4smn1w48v-bzip2-1.0.8': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/pwcp239kjf7lnj5i4lkdzcfcxwcfyk72-bash-minimal-5.0.16': goal destroyed
|   building of `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/q0s3bi0by383cqzl9zz1wf74p6pdl3fc-libx11-1.6.A-doc': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/4ildmh169dixyn05mlgjz07x4d2hcq2g-libx11-1.6.A': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/a8gdwnmpryd39jixzy4xs9p4i7gy17qv-libxcb-1.14': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/6cdl970wcv4jhvpgbh8sdj54a5gwhmwj-libxdmcp-1.1.3': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/h7sy4hr7arjknbyy1aq0xwv6fksnzw9n-libxau-1.0.9': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/cqwj25wxzzs8frz5c9alqns24bcfspqz-libbsd-0.10.0': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/01b4w3m6mp55y531kyi1g8shh722kwqm-gcc-7.5.0-lib': goal destroyed
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31': goal destroyed
|   lock released on `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16.lock'
|   killing process 17948
|   substitution of `/gnu/store/mmhimfwmmidf09jw1plw3aw1g1zn2nkh-bash-static-5.0.16': goal destroyed
|   building of `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv': goal destroyed
guix install: error: some substitutes for the outputs of derivation `/gnu/store/p8w0ickl7n4psa5rkybx0q856phzxmpp-glibc-utf8-locales-2.31.drv' failed (usually happens due to networking issues); try `--fallback' to build derivation from source 

Any ideas @mbakke?

[mbakke]

It looks like there is a problem with the substituter. What happens if you pass --no-substitutes?

[yoctocell]

It looks like there is a problem with the substituter. What happens if you pass --no-substitutes?

It starts to build things from source, so yeah something seems to be wrong the with substituter.

guix install hello --no-substitutes
guix install: warning: Consider running 'guix pull' followed by
'guix package -u' to get up-to-date packages and security updates.

The following package will be installed:
   hello 2.10

The following derivations will be built:
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[bqv]

Presumably my solution was to build guix from source, and then use that guix. If anyone could solve the substituter bug that'd be cool. CC @emiller88

[yoctocell]

After a few hours of compiling it ran into a problem when building sed. This is getting pretty exhausting.

$ guix install guix --no-substitutes --verbosity=2 --keep-failed
[...]
============================================================================
Testsuite summary for GNU sed 4.8
============================================================================
# TOTAL: 67
# PASS:  57
# SKIP:  9
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  0
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 1
============================================================================
See ./test-suite.log
Please report to bug-sed@gnu.org
============================================================================
make[4]: *** [Makefile:3221: test-suite.log] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/tmp/guix-build-sed-4.8.drv-0/sed-4.8'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:3329: check-TESTS] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/tmp/guix-build-sed-4.8.drv-0/sed-4.8'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:3576: check-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/guix-build-sed-4.8.drv-0/sed-4.8'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:3106: check-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/guix-build-sed-4.8.drv-0/sed-4.8'
make: *** [Makefile:3578: check] Error 2

Test suite failed, dumping logs.

--- ./test-suite.log --------------------------------------------------------

===================================
   GNU sed 4.8: ./test-suite.log
===================================

# TOTAL: 67
# PASS:  57
# SKIP:  9
# XFAIL: 0
# FAIL:  0
# XPASS: 0
# ERROR: 1

.. contents:: :depth: 2

SKIP: testsuite/bug32082
========================

bug32082.sh: skipped test: requires a working valgrind
SKIP testsuite/bug32082.sh (exit status: 77)

SKIP: testsuite/bug32271-2
==========================

bug32271-2.sh: skipped test: requires a working valgrind
SKIP testsuite/bug32271-2.sh (exit status: 77)

ERROR: testsuite/inplace-selinux
================================

inplace-selinux.sh: set-up failure: CONFIG_HEADER not defined
ERROR testsuite/inplace-selinux.sh (exit status: 99)

SKIP: testsuite/invalid-mb-seq-UMR
==================================

invalid-mb-seq-UMR.sh: skipped test: requires a working valgrind
SKIP testsuite/invalid-mb-seq-UMR.sh (exit status: 77)

SKIP: testsuite/mb-charclass-non-utf8
=====================================

mb-charclass-non-utf8.sh: skipped test: ja_JP shift-jis locale not found
SKIP testsuite/mb-charclass-non-utf8.sh (exit status: 77)

SKIP: testsuite/newline-dfa-bug
===============================

newline-dfa-bug.sh: skipped test: requires a working valgrind
SKIP testsuite/newline-dfa-bug.sh (exit status: 77)

SKIP: testsuite/obinary
=======================

obinary.sh: skipped test: platform does not enable O_TEXT by default
SKIP testsuite/obinary.sh (exit status: 77)

SKIP: testsuite/regex-max-int
=============================

regex-max-int.sh: skipped test: very expensive: disabled by default
This test is very expensive, so it is disabled by default.
To run it anyway, rerun make check with the RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS
environment variable set to yes.  E.g.,

  env RUN_VERY_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes make check

or use the shortcut target of the toplevel Makefile,

  make check-very-expensive

SKIP testsuite/regex-max-int.sh (exit status: 77)

SKIP: testsuite/title-case
==========================

title-case.sh: skipped test: el_GR.iso88597 locale not found
SKIP testsuite/title-case.sh (exit status: 77)

SKIP: testsuite/utf8-ru
=======================

utf8-ru.sh: skipped test: ru_RU.UTF-8 locale not found
SKIP testsuite/utf8-ru.sh (exit status: 77)


command "make" "check" "-j" "8" failed with status 2
note: keeping build directory `/tmp/guix-build-sed-4.8.drv-1'
builder for `/gnu/store/0zmcam9sdiag9s1qx3xvlf8a3jnm53x2-sed-4.8.drv' failed with exit code 1
build of /gnu/store/0zmcam9sdiag9s1qx3xvlf8a3jnm53x2-sed-4.8.drv failed
View build log at '/gnu/var/log/drvs/0z/mcam9sdiag9s1qx3xvlf8a3jnm53x2-sed-4.8.drv.bz2'.
cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
guix install: error: build of `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv' failed

[bqv]

That, I definitely haven't seen before. Perhaps find which test failed and/or retry? It's guix so most of your progress has been cached

[yoctocell]

It seems to be an error related to SELinux, someone has already reported the bug: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-sed/2019-06/msg00012.html.

[bqv]

That should be vaguely fixable, at least! So the main issue that remains is that the nix-store guix can't use substituters

[yoctocell]

I tried to workaround the problem by disabling tests for sed, but it doesn't actually disable the test. This is really annoying.

guix install --without-tests=sed --no-substitutes guix
guix install: warning: Consider running 'guix pull' followed by
'guix package -u' to get up-to-date packages and security updates.

The following package will be installed:
   guix 1.2.0rc2-1.0d4b1af

The following derivations will be built:
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building /gnu/store/0zmcam9sdiag9s1qx3xvlf8a3jnm53x2-sed-4.8.drv...
\ 'check' phasebuilder for `/gnu/store/0zmcam9sdiag9s1qx3xvlf8a3jnm53x2-sed-4.8.drv' failed with exit code 1
build of /gnu/store/0zmcam9sdiag9s1qx3xvlf8a3jnm53x2-sed-4.8.drv failed
View build log at '/gnu/var/log/drvs/0z/mcam9sdiag9s1qx3xvlf8a3jnm53x2-sed-4.8.drv.bz2'.
cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
guix install: error: build of `/gnu/store/mvf88n2v90jjxg9n8b315p22r6jrkbyb-libx11-1.6.A.drv' failed

[bqv]

Is there any chance you could fiddle /proc enough such that it builds? E.g. unmount /proc in a mount namespace, and then restart the guix daemon into that namespace and try and build it there?

Beyond that, I'm not entirely sure, assuming there's no nixos option you can turn off.