[debbugs-tracker] bug#34136: closed (guix pull -l fails on fresh user profiles)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: guix pull -l fails on fresh user profiles Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2019 18:55:05 +0100 User-agent: mu4e 1.0; emacs 26.1

Switch to a new user, or simply log in as 'root' if you've never "guix
pull"ed with it, then

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# guix pull -l
Backtrace:
           8 (apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 11508e0>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    705:2  7 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-handle…>)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
    619:8  6 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 11d2140>)))
In guix/ui.scm:
  1644:12  5 (run-guix-command _ . _)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    829:9  4 (catch srfi-34 #<procedure 2e24be0 at guix/ui.scm:622:…> …)
    829:9  3 (catch system-error #<procedure 2e24c80 at guix/script…> …)
    829:9  2 (catch git-error #<procedure 2e24b40 at guix/scripts/p…> …)
    829:9  1 (catch system-error #<procedure 2e28c40 at guix/script…> …)
In unknown file:
           0 (raise #<condition &profile-not-found-error [profile: "…>)

ERROR: In procedure raise:
Wrong type (expecting exact integer): #<condition &profile-not-found-error 
[profile: "/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix"] 2e1e8c0>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I think we should make `guix pull -l' return a value that can be used
meaningfully in deployment scripts.  For instance, a non-zero
exit code could mean this is a fresh user profile.

Thoughts?

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Pierre Neidhardt
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> Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > Switch to a new user, or simply log in as 'root' if you've never "guix
> > pull"ed with it, then
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> > # guix pull -l
> > Backtrace:
> >            8 (apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 11508e0>)
> > In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> >     705:2  7 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-handle…>)
> > In ice-9/eval.scm:
> >     619:8  6 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 11d2140>)))
> > In guix/ui.scm:
> >   1644:12  5 (run-guix-command _ . _)
> > In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> >     829:9  4 (catch srfi-34 #<procedure 2e24be0 at guix/ui.scm:622:…> …)
> >     829:9  3 (catch system-error #<procedure 2e24c80 at guix/script…> …)
> >     829:9  2 (catch git-error #<procedure 2e24b40 at guix/scripts/p…> …)
> >     829:9  1 (catch system-error #<procedure 2e28c40 at guix/script…> …)
> > In unknown file:
> >            0 (raise #<condition &profile-not-found-error [profile: "…>)
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> > ERROR: In procedure raise:
> > Wrong type (expecting exact integer): #<condition &profile-not-found-error 
> > [profile: "/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix"] 2e1e8c0>
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> Fixed in c49b45c917eff17122aea5f7a57ae4cef02f1003.  A missing import and
> the wrong ‘raise’ was being used.
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> > I think we should make `guix pull -l' return a value that can be used
> > meaningfully in deployment scripts.  For instance, a non-zero
> > exit code could mean this is a fresh user profile.
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> Yep, that’s what was intended and what happens now.  :-)
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> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
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