Thanks! I look forward to my increased use of `guix` 😊 ________________________________ From: Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.cour...@inria.fr> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 1:55:11 PM To: Josh Marshall <josh.marsh...@jax.org> Cc: 40043-d...@debbugs.gnu.org <40043-d...@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: bug#40043: `guix pack --format=squashfs` fails on CentOS7
Hi Josh, Josh Marshall <josh.marsh...@jax.org> skribis: > `guix pack --format=squashfs bash-minimal ...` fails on CentOS7 with SELinux > disabled. > > ``` > $ /var/guix/profiles/per-user/marshjo/current-guix/bin/guix describe > Generation 9 Mar 12 2020 09:28:29 (current) > guix a595399 > repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git > branch: master > commit: a595399230a7b1acb0b096b3d5a7474100014299 > ``` The log you posted reads this: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Creating 4.0 filesystem on /gnu/store/mhhlqyazyvwz72y6dwh56fs1zlrvrl0h-squashfs-pack.gz.squashfs, block size 131072. [...] Number of uids 2 unknown (0) nixbld (987) Number of gids 2 unknown (0) nixbld (980) Failed to read existing filesystem - will not overwrite - ABORTING! --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I was able to reproduce it on a CentOS 7 system and to strace the ‘mksquashfs’ process, and found that this had to do with access to SELinux extended attributes. Fixed in commit 53c594cb3f1f783fea18be6da23a863b00c14f5f. Thanks! Ludo’. --- The information in this email, including attachments, may be confidential and is intended solely for the addressee(s). If you believe you received this email by mistake, please notify the sender by return email as soon as possible.
