"hurd" is a host name defined in my ~/.ssh/config file. $ guix offload status guix offload: getting status of 1 build machines defined in '/etc/guix/machines.scm'... guix offload: warning: machine 'hurd' is 31553985 seconds behind load on machine 'hurd' is 0.02 (normalized: 0.02) hurd kernel: Linux 5.1.2-gnu architecture: x86_64 host name: hurd normalized load: 0.02 free disk space: 950819.34 MiB time difference: -31553985 s
$ guix offload test guix offload: testing 1 build machines defined in '/etc/guix/machines.scm'... guix offload: Guix is usable on 'hurd' (test returned "/gnu/store/883yjkl46dxw9mzykykmbs0yzwyxm17z-test") guix offload: 'hurd' is running GNU Guile 2.2.4 sending 1 store item (0 MiB) to '10.42.0.199'... exporting path `/gnu/store/s9f3igal64f8c4k23jda5z24pfpzqxv6-export-test' guix offload: 'hurd' successfully imported '/gnu/store/s9f3igal64f8c4k23jda5z24pfpzqxv6-export-test' retrieving 1 store item from '10.42.0.199'... guix offload: successfully imported '/gnu/store/y7l8zymvqcnja6ybk8lzxncf9v0r5g79-import-test' from 'hurd' $ guix build git --no-substitutes --check process 31348 acquired build slot '/var/guix/offload/hurd:22/0' guix offload: error: failed to connect to 'hurd': Failed to resolve hostname hurd (Name or service not known) waiting for locks or build slots... So, in many cases it seems able to use the information in ~/.ssh/config to connect with the machine, but not when actually trying to offload builds. Maxim
