Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-30 Thread Mark H Weaver
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > Mark H. Weaver wrote: >> Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: >>> Only the old, unmaintained (and notably non-UEFI) version 4 is >>> GPL2. Newer versions are mystery meat.[1] >> >> Oh, that's unfortunate :-( > > Indeed: I think I've packaged memtest86+, but have no machi

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-30 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Mark H. Weaver wrote: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: Only the old, unmaintained (and notably non-UEFI) version 4 is GPL2. Newer versions are mystery meat.[1] Oh, that's unfortunate :-( Indeed: I think I've packaged memtest86+, but have no machine upon which to run my brand-new package. That

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-30 Thread Mark H Weaver
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: >> Pierre Neidhardt wrote: >>> Yup, that's what I've found out as well. >>> >>> There is an AUR package for memtest86 (no +) on EFI: >>> >>> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/memtest86-efi/ > > I stand by my initial pronouncement:

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-30 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: Pierre Neidhardt wrote: Yup, that's what I've found out as well. There is an AUR package for memtest86 (no +) on EFI: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/memtest86-efi/ I stand by my initial pronouncement: Say no more :-) That is proprietary software.

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-30 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: Pierre Neidhardt wrote: Yup, that's what I've found out as well. There is an AUR package for memtest86 (no +) on EFI: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/memtest86-efi/ Say no more :-) That is proprietary software. ...or so I was told yesterday. Looking

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-30 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Pierre Neidhardt wrote: Yup, that's what I've found out as well. There is an AUR package for memtest86 (no +) on EFI: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/memtest86-efi/ Say no more :-) That is proprietary software. Kind regards, T G-R

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-30 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Yup, that's what I've found out as well. There is an AUR package for memtest86 (no +) on EFI: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/memtest86-efi/ -- Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-29 Thread Björn Höfling
On Sat, 29 Sep 2018 14:50:37 +0200 Pierre Neidhardt wrote: > > You can build it manually for now¹ or download a precompiled > > binary² and boot it from your existing GRUB's command line. > > Actually, how do you do that? > > I copied the binary to `/memtest.bin` then rebooted and tried the >

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-29 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
> You can build it manually for now¹ or download a precompiled binary² and boot > it > from your existing GRUB's command line. Actually, how do you do that? I copied the binary to `/memtest.bin` then rebooted and tried the following Grub command (my root partition is labelled "guixsd"): --8<--

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-28 Thread Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
Pierre, Pierre Neidhardt wrote: Wait... there is no memtest86 in Grub by default. How do you install this Grub module on Guix? Memtest86+ isn't a GRUB module, it's a bootable (as one would a kernel) stand-alone executable. You can build it manually for now¹ or download a precompiled bina

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-28 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Wait... there is no memtest86 in Grub by default. How do you install this Grub module on Guix? -- Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-27 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Will do, thanks for the hint. -- Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-27 Thread Mark H Weaver
Pierre Neidhardt writes: > This might be unrelated to Guix but since I'm in the dark here, I > figured I'd rather ask, maybe someone ran into a similar issue. > > For the past 2-4 weeks I've had at least 4 Git repositories that got > corrupted for no apparent reason. Even a checkout that I had n

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-26 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
> Is the file system corrupt? (What does fsck say?) All good. > Did the system die without a proper shutdown? Well, yes, a couple of times I suppose. -- Pierre Neidhardt https://ambrevar.xyz/ signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-26 Thread Ricardo Wurmus
Pierre Neidhardt writes: > For the past 2-4 weeks I've had at least 4 Git repositories that got > corrupted for no apparent reason. Even a checkout that I had never > touched. > > When it happens, errors show up on most git commands, usually `git diff` > but sometimes also `git status`: > > --

Frequent git repository corruptions

2018-09-26 Thread Pierre Neidhardt
Hi Guix! This might be unrelated to Guix but since I'm in the dark here, I figured I'd rather ask, maybe someone ran into a similar issue. For the past 2-4 weeks I've had at least 4 Git repositories that got corrupted for no apparent reason. Even a checkout that I had never touched. When it hap