Richard Sent <rich...@freakingpenguin.com> writes: > 1. There was a transient network issue for ~3 hours when I attempted to > install Guix ~4 times using different installation media that caused a > specific TLS handshake to fail. > > 2. A specific TLS handshake Guix undertakes during the installation > process fails to pass one of the built-in firewall rules shipped with > opnsense. > > 3. Some other odd aspect of my network messes things up for a specific > TLS handshake. > > My money is on 2 given how this is a seemingly common issue on > enterprise networks [1] and the rules I have added seem irrelevant. (I'd > rather not talk openly about my firewall rules in an archived public > forum, but can discuss off-list). However, there is another comment in > that thread that says IT didn't notice any firewall blocking.
I ran the 1.4.0 installer again today behind my opnsense router and it completed successfully, which is horrifying. I was hoping starting from a constant image would make the error reproducible but that doesn't seem to be the case. Even with a consistent system image and network, it's only reproducible for somewhere between a few hours and one day. Perhaps server load plays a part? (Technically my process was a little bit different. Instead of fully completing the graphical installer I swapped to a TTY after activating the wired connection, mounted the root fs, and run $ guix system build /mnt/etc/config.scm, where config.scm was unmodified since initial installation. I'd be stunned if this caused the change in behavior but figured I'd mention for completeness.) -- Take it easy, Richard Sent Making my computer weirder one commit at a time.
