Re: guix pull takes forever

[ng0]

ng0 transcribed 1.3K bytes:
> Leo Famulari transcribed 0.9K bytes:
> > On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 09:38:58AM +0000, ng0 wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > with current master and using 'guix pull' instead of a git checkout
> > > update, the process takes more than 9 hours.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, I can't reproduce this.
> > 
> > > I restarted it this morning, it's the same. Basically what I see is
> > > just:
> > > 
> > > Starting download of /tmp/guix-file.foooo
> > > From http://urllbla.tar.gz
> > > [status line of 11.1MiB transfered]
> > > substitute: updating list of substitutes from bayfront 100%
> > > substitute: updating list of substitutes from bayfront 100%
> > > unpacking '/gnu/store/aaaaaaaaaa-guix-latest.tar.gz'
> > > substitute: updating list of substitutes from bayfront 100%
> > > substitute: updating list of substitutes from bayfront 100%
> > > substitute: updating list of substitutes from bayfront 100%
> > 
> > What happens if you try using the mirror <https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org>
> > instead? Bayfront is not online, as far as I know.
> > 
> I have 3 mirrors in my list, and up until yesterday all were being
> picked up (except for the onion, where I still need clearer advice on how
> to configure this - my current advice is to replicate the hydra build
> farm and provide an substitute server myself I can test with).
> 
> 'guix pull' round 1: 8 hours, round 2: ~12 hours, round 3: ~4 hours.
> None of them succeded.
> 
This commit happened after I started this with machine one, but I have
two others which face similar issues now.
For both I can reproduce the error after Ludovic's last commit to
master, full error output appended.

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