bug#18082: 'guix system reconfigure' fails to install grub from standalone guix

2014-07-24 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Thanks for testing! Ludo’.

bug#18082: 'guix system reconfigure' fails to install grub from standalone guix

2014-07-23 Thread Mark H Weaver
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> populating /etc from /gnu/store/89dn636ibbc2dy8wqaz30ck3dcli44jk-etc... >> setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'... >> making '/gnu/store/qfacd34rj6v8b9mi21qx9mj3lkq3c2pg-system' the current >> system... >> >> ;;

bug#18082: 'guix system reconfigure' fails to install grub from standalone guix

2014-07-23 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Mark H Weaver skribis: > populating /etc from /gnu/store/89dn636ibbc2dy8wqaz30ck3dcli44jk-etc... > setting up setuid programs in '/run/setuid-programs'... > making '/gnu/store/qfacd34rj6v8b9mi21qx9mj3lkq3c2pg-system' the current > system... > > ;;; (path "/gnu/store/l5815c2iars8scdy82grfjjmxv9ah

bug#18082: 'guix system reconfigure' fails to install grub from standalone guix

2014-07-22 Thread Mark H Weaver
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Mark H Weaver skribis: > >> In guix/build/install.scm: >> 47: 1 [install-grub # "/dev/sda" "/"] >> In unknown file: >>?: 0 [copy-file # "//boot/grub/grub.cfg.new"] >> >> ERROR: In procedure copy-file: >> ERROR: Wrong type (expecting string): #> /gnu/

bug#18082: 'guix system reconfigure' fails to install grub from standalone guix

2014-07-22 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Mark H Weaver skribis: > In guix/build/install.scm: > 47: 1 [install-grub # "/dev/sda" "/"] > In unknown file: >?: 0 [copy-file # "//boot/grub/grub.cfg.new"] > > ERROR: In procedure copy-file: > ERROR: Wrong type (expecting string): # /gnu/store/ynkp0ijahvg4x1q6bfdw34d28hhqmgb4-grub.cfg.drv

bug#18082: 'guix system reconfigure' fails to install grub from standalone guix

2014-07-22 Thread Mark H Weaver
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > In guix/scripts/system.scm, could you remove ‘false-if-exception’ around > ‘install-grub’, and report the backtrace? Here it is: --8<---cut here---start->8--- root@jojen# ~mhw/guix/pre-inst-env guix system reconfigure ~m

bug#18082: 'guix system reconfigure' fails to install grub from standalone guix

2014-07-22 Thread Ludovic Courtès
In guix/scripts/system.scm, could you remove ‘false-if-exception’ around ‘install-grub’, and report the backtrace? Thanks, Ludo’.

bug#18082: 'guix system reconfigure' fails to install grub from standalone guix

2014-07-22 Thread Mark H Weaver
I built guix from git master from within a standalone guix install. I then tried to run 'pre-inst-env guix system reconfigure' using the same OS configuration, and it failed to install grub. The error message said "failed to install GRUB on device '/dev/sda'", which indicates that 'install-grub'