Re: Getting rid of "source file [...] newer than compiled" messages

[Katherine Cox-Buday]

Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> writes:

> Katherine Cox-Buday <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I'm not using Guix from a source checkout. I've issued `guix pull` (both
>> under the root account and as my user account) a few times with no
>> change.
>
> Hmm, this should never leave you with an uncompiled Guix.  Can you tell
> us more about the environment in which this happens?  (e.g. the output
> of “env” will be fine.)

Here is an example. When I run `guix help` I receive:

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
    ;;; note: source file 
/gnu/store/cd6rjv3qhhghr59wpq4fksfr84d5dsdf-guix-module-union/share/guile/site/2.2/gcrypt/hash.scm
    ;;;       newer than compiled 
/gnu/store/cd6rjv3qhhghr59wpq4fksfr84d5dsdf-guix-module-union/lib/guile/2.2/site-ccache/gcrypt/hash.go
    ;;; note: source file 
/gnu/store/cd6rjv3qhhghr59wpq4fksfr84d5dsdf-guix-module-union/share/guile/site/2.2/gcrypt/common.scm
    ;;;       newer than compiled 
/gnu/store/cd6rjv3qhhghr59wpq4fksfr84d5dsdf-guix-module-union/lib/guile/2.2/site-ccache/gcrypt/common.go
    ;;; note: source file 
/gnu/store/cd6rjv3qhhghr59wpq4fksfr84d5dsdf-guix-module-union/share/guile/site/2.2/gcrypt/package-config.scm
    ;;;       newer than compiled 
/gnu/store/cd6rjv3qhhghr59wpq4fksfr84d5dsdf-guix-module-union/lib/guile/2.2/site-ccache/gcrypt/package-config.go
    ;;; note: source file 
/gnu/store/cd6rjv3qhhghr59wpq4fksfr84d5dsdf-guix-module-union/share/guile/site/2.2/gcrypt/utils.scm
    ;;;       newer than compiled 
/gnu/store/cd6rjv3qhhghr59wpq4fksfr84d5dsdf-guix-module-union/lib/guile/2.2/site-ccache/gcrypt/utils.go
#+END_EXAMPLE

`env` reports:

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
    GUIX_LOCPATH=/var/services/homes/me/.guix-profile/lib/locale
    TERM=xterm-256color
    SHELL=/bin/sh
    SSH_CLIENT=[redacted ip] 41856 22
    SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/9
    LC_ALL=en_US.utf8
    USER=me
    GUIX_PROFILE=/var/services/homes/me/.guix-profile
    PAGER=more
    MAIL=/var/mail/me
    
PATH=/var/services/homes/me/.guix-profile/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/syno/sbin:/usr/syno/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
    PWD=/var/services/homes/me
    LANG=en_US.utf8
    SHLVL=1
    HOME=/var/services/homes/me
    TERMINFO=/usr/share/terminfo
    LOGNAME=me
    SSH_CONNECTION=[redacted ip] 41856 [redacted ip] 22
    PGDATA=/var/services/pgsql
    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/var/services/homes/me/.local/run
    GIT_EXEC_PATH=/var/services/homes/me/.guix-profile/bin
    _=/bin/env
#+END_EXAMPLE

>> `guix` is symlinked from `/usr/local/bin/guix` to
>> `/var/guix/profiles/per-user/root/current-guix/bin/guix` which points to
>> the latest profile (which is updated when running `guix pull` as root.
>
> When using “guix pull” it will install into the current user’s
> ~/.config/guix/current/.  Are you only using Guix as the root user?

No, I always use my user account, but root contains the symlinks for the
daemon and CLI. The symlink for `/usr/local/bin/guix` is there from
installation per step (6) of the manual[1]. I tried running `guix pull`
as root because running it under my user account wasn't doing anything.

Thank you for troubleshooting this with me.

[1] - 
https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html#Binary-Installation

-- 
Katherine