Re: guix package: error: build failed: some substitutes for the outputs of derivation hash.drv failed (usually happens due to networking issues); try `--fallback' to build derivation from source

Hi, > # guix package -u --fallback > guix package: warning: upgrade regexp '--fallback' looks like a command-line > option > guix package: warning: is this intended? The correct invokation is: guix package -u . --fallback because “-u” takes an optional regular expression. When hydra is no

guix package: error: build failed: some substitutes for the outputs of derivation hash.drv failed (usually happens due to networking issues); try `--fallback' to build derivation from source

Is there any description of mechanism of updating and package installation. I think guix downloads sources and then build them. I think there is a cache od downloaded archives. But what exactly do here? # guix package -u updating substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org

Re: Need some help to remove non-free documentation

Hello Nicolas, Nicolas Goaziou skribis: > I'm trying to remove non-free documentation from "giac-xcas" package. > > It involves removing some files from "doc/" subdirectory in source and > updating "Makefile.am". As a consequence, "Makefile.in" has to be > updated accordingly. Pain ensues. :-)

Re: Can't log in: blank login screen after reconfigure

Hello, Chris Marusich skribis: > * I tried pressing control+alt+F2 etc. to switch to different virtual > tty, but it didn't work. The blank screen remained. That sounds bad, like perhaps a KMS (“Kernel Mode Setting”) driver issue or something. Is the machine entirely dead at that point, or

Re: using Shepherd outside of GuixSD ?

Chris Marusich skribis: > Benjamin Slade writes: > >> [...] So the 'guix system' tools are only available on GuixSD >> proper, and not via the guix standalone? > > The "guix system" tools are available via Guix standalone. It's just > that some of the commands might not behave as expected. For

Re: Guix, Rofi, i3wm and Locales

Hello, "Pierre-Henry F." skribis: > ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ > On Wednesday, October 17, 2018 2:13 PM, wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> "Pierre-Henry F." cont...@phfrohring.com skribis: >> >> > > Concretely, if you explicitly run ~/.guix-profile/bin/rofi, what >> > > happens? Does it print warning

hydra.gnu.org off-line for maintenance

Hello Guix, The hydra.gnu.org build farm has been off-line since yesterday ~4PM UTC and will remain off-line roughly until the end of the week. The FSF sysadmins (it’s hosted at the FSF’s data center) are performing a major storage upgrade that happens to need more time than expected. In the mea