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<jmd>We need a -k (lower case) option to guix build <jmd>Have you any ideas how I can fix this package -i problem or must I reinstall guix ? <civodul>i think you must remove the offending profile <civodul>if it's the default profile, rm /var/guix/profiles/per-user/$USER/* <jmd>OK. I will try that. *civodul goes grab coffee <jmd>civodul: Now I get a different problem: <jmd>./pre-inst-env guix package -i hello <jmd>The following package will be installed: <jmd>substitute-binary: /usr/local/libexec/guix/substitute-binary: /usr/local/bin/guix: /home/john/.guix-profile/bin/guile: bad interpreter: No such file or directory <jmd>substitute-binary: /usr/local/libexec/guix/substitute-binary: line 8: /usr/local/bin/guix: Success <jmd>guix package: error: build failed: substituter `substitute-binary' died unexpectedly <civodul>try "guix package -i guile --no-substitutes" <jmd>./pre-inst-env guix package -i guile --no-substitutes --verbose <jmd>guix package: warning: ambiguous package specification `guile' <jmd>guix package: warning: choosing guile-2.0.11 from gnu/packages/commencement.scm:629:33 <jmd>The following package will be installed: <jmd>guix package: error: symlink: File exists <civodul>jmd: could you strace it to see which file exists? :-) ***civodul changes topic to 'GNU Guix | http://gnu.org/s/guix/ | channel log: https://gnunet.org/bot/log/guix | things to package: http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/Wishlist | please test! http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-11/msg00298.html'
<jmd>symlink("/usr/local/var/guix/profiles/per-user/john/guix-profile-1-link", "/usr/local/var/guix/profiles/per-user/john/guix-profile.new") = -1 EEXIST (File exists) <civodul>so there was a stale guix-profile.new? <jmd>OK. I managed to install something! Maybe I'm back in business. <jmd>I don't understand what --no-substitutes means when applied to guix package <civodul>"don't use substitutes; build locally" <jmd>But normally, "package" doesn't build. It just puts things in the profile. <civodul>yes, but it also builds/downloads anything that's missing <civodul>which is often the case in normal use <jmd>Well anyway, I think I'm back in business. Thanks for your help. <Steap_>it's /open-source/, just like OpenStack <taylanub>did I get it right that the default GNU/Guix installation uses GNUstep? WindowMaker was mentioned... <taylanub>if so, I wonder how "modern" it looks? I *personally* eschew the notion of pretty software, using full-screen Emacs most of the time, but unquestionably the "masses" care about it. another problem is hardware support of Linux-libre. I wonder if it's too ambitious in the short term to expect the kinds of people who would normally use Ubuntu or Elementary OS to find GNU attractive. <taylanub>the ideal situation is to have them fully agree with free software ideals, but that seems implausible to achieve to be honest :( now if we had the technical edge on the other hand... <DusXMT>I don't know if WMaker is the default (but I personally do use it), but it doesn't look modern. Indeed, its main point is to create an environment similar to the one of NeXTSTEP, so it's un-modern by design <civodul>taylanub: i agree with you, but like you, i'm happy with my full-screen Emacs :-) <civodul>i hope someone can work on the fancy stuff sometime later <civodul>the default WindowMaker theme is not so awful to me, though <DusXMT>I never claimed it was awful, I just said that it's not its intention to be modern *davexunit needs to work on guix-web again <civodul>DusXMT: oh, agreed, it's not pretending to be fancy or something <civodul>the Étoilé project did come up with nice themes and stuff, though <nebuli>sneek: later tell civodul about SSL, it was merely a typo (and gihub.com DNS squat) :-] duh <haole>I've just installed guix for the first time, but I've bumped into an issue: I get the following error after my first boot <haole>ERROR: failed to resolve partition label "gnu-disk-image" <DusXMT>haole: 3 possibilities: You forgot to label the partition as "gnu-disk-image", your hard drive is not supported by the vanilla kernel, or your hard drive driver gets loaded too late <haole>DusXMT: I'm using VirtualBox - maybe it's related <DusXMT>(All three of those actually happened before, btw) <haole>I've followed the simple steps in the manual <haole>I intend to help developing the system, btw <haole>I used to be a gentoo packager and I program in scheme, so I guess I can help a bit with little effort :) <haole>oh, just rebooting "fixed" it <DusXMT>I bet it's the `your hard drive driver gets loaded too late', I have a similar problem with my network card <th3kent`>civodul: thank you for the heads up. will be taking it for a spin! <sneek>Welcome back civodul, you have 1 message. <sneek>civodul, nebuli says: about SSL, it was merely a typo (and gihub.com DNS squat) :-] duh *civodul turns #x22, so no bug squashing tonight, i'm afraid :-) <roptat_>hello! I installed the distribution and it is working quite well :) <DusXMT>Hmmm, #x22... does that mean 34? <roptat_>I was even able to upgrade to a newer version today and I was finally able to launch an X server <roptat_>the window manager is horrible, but I can't really complain. I think I will write recipes for other window managers and software <bavier`>roptat_: that would definitely be appreciated <roptat_>but first I would like to change Xorg config (keymap), but I don't know if it will read any file in /etc? <roptat_>I wrote my first recipe for hexchat, my favorite IRC client. There is a few things I should add to that recipe, but for now, it is time to go to bed <mark_weaver>roptat_: cool! when you feel it's ready, please post to guix-devel@gnu.org :)