May 26, 2024 at 11:26 AM, "Attila Lendvai" <att...@lendvai.name> wrote:
> > root symptom: > > ------------- > > i think this is the guile binary that is used in initrd. it's been a while i > noted this bug. but if it's so, then if error happens early in the boot, then > it just dies with a sigsegv; i.e. it's a major hindrance to debuggability. > > reproducer: > > ----------- > > guix shell -e '(begin (use-modules (gnu packages make-bootstrap)) > %guile-static-stripped)' > > and then start guile. or alternatively: > > guile -c '(use-modules (ice-9 readline))' > > analysis: > > --------- If it's that easy, to crash guile, then I'll try it on my T400. I'll resond if a few if it crashes for me. > > make-guile-static-stripped calls (remove-store-references guile2) without > checking the return code. > > if i remove that call, then building fails with: "... is not allowed to refer > to path `/gnu/store/3zl03prdg07ax4dny78hrzykillr6vcy-glibc-2.35'" > > > > i.e. there's some reference in the binary to glibc, which is corrupted by > remove-store-references. > > i'm not sure this is the cause, but i suspect. > > note that the `guile --version` test in make-guile-static-stripped runs fine; > i.e. it's an insufficient test. > > -- > > • attila lendvai > > • PGP: 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 > > -- > > “How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? […] that > became for me more and more the real measure of value.” > > — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) >
