Hi 45mg Your advice was perfect; guix gc fixed it.
Many thanks Jake On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 at 1:21 am, 45mg <45mg.wri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jake, > > Jake <jforst.mail...@gmail.com> writes: > > > guix system: error: error parsing derivation > > `/gnu/store/gr7jfs1i9iayxvymb5j0xxcfkbbkd1qy-module-import-compiled.drv': > > expected string `Derive([' > > Yikes. I've dealt with this before. It was not fun. > > > Despite the error, it still creates a new system generation and a new > entry > > in the bootloader, so when I reboot I get into the new system. > > Lucky you. When it happened to me it caused the reconfigure to fail. > > Standard advice is to run `guix gc --verify=contents,repair`... but I > don't think that will help here, since -module-import-compiled.drv is > not substitutable AFAIK. > > You could see if just doing `guix gc` fixes the issue (make sure you're > able to download substitutes right after that). Maybe that particular > .drv is no longer required (no longer a GC root), even though it's in > the store. If so, `guix gc` will remove it and you'll be able to > reconfigure right after. > > If that doesn't fix it, try `guix gc --delete <that-file-name>`; if it > fails, it will confirm that it is indeed still required. > > At that point, you can try deleting old system or home generations > (`guix gc --list-roots` will give you a full list to work from) and then > running `guix gc`. > > Or better still: wait for a while, and hopefully someone more > experienced than me will give you more useful advice than this :) >
