Hi Yoann,

YOANN P <yoann_mac_don...@hotmail.com> skribis:

>> It is similar to Bug#36785 [1].
>
>> As said, it is not a bug of "guix pull" but a bug of the
>> configuration. Adding the root user to your Dockerfile should fix the
>> issue you encounter.
>
> The fact that guix require $USER to be set is IMO a kind of bug and is
> documented anywhere.

I had not understood that.  I guess the patch below fixes it, I’ll push
it shortly.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

diff --git a/guix/profiles.scm b/guix/profiles.scm
index f5e5cc33d6..616605151e 100644
--- a/guix/profiles.scm
+++ b/guix/profiles.scm
@@ -1727,7 +1727,9 @@ because the NUMBER is zero.)"
 (define %profile-directory
   (string-append %state-directory "/profiles/"
                  (or (and=> (or (getenv "USER")
-                                (getenv "LOGNAME"))
+                                (getenv "LOGNAME")
+                                (false-if-exception
+                                 (passwd:name (getpwuid (getuid)))))
                             (cut string-append "per-user/" <>))
                      "default")))
 

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