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`guix system reconfigure' fails with "symlink: File exists"

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
Subject: bug#25430: closed (Re: bug#25430: `guix system reconfigure' fails
 with "symlink: File exists")
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 20:27:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#25430: `guix system reconfigure' fails with "symlink: File exists"

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 25430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
Cc: 25430-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25430: `guix system reconfigure' fails with "symlink: File
 exists"
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 21:25:53 +0100

Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net> skribis:

>>>    ?: 0 [symlink "/gnu/store/f4mfsyzqsqccfh22z0md1s1jsk1m79mw-udisks-2.1.8/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.UDisks2.service" ...]
>>>
>>> ERROR: In procedure symlink:
>>> ERROR: In procedure symlink: File exists
>>> builder for `/gnu/store/dywvmn331drm2j6m474vbycdyiljnc4k-dbus-system-services.drv' failed with exit code 1
>>
>> This may be the result of adding UDisks D-Bus services more than once.
>
> Yes, I had added udisks-service twice -- once in %desktop-services, and
> once again by itself. I didn't realize that %desktop-services included
> udisks-service.
>
> Thanks! This issue is fixed.

Great!

Surely we could diagnose it better, not sure exactly how.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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From: Arun Isaac <arunisaac <at> systemreboot.net>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: `guix system reconfigure' fails with "symlink: File exists"
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 23:20:15 +0530

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`guix system reconfigure' fails on my machine with the following
backtrace.

In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
 160: 11 [catch #t #<catch-closure 8cae00> ...]
In unknown file:
   ?: 10 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 8cae00>]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  66: 9 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
In ice-9/eval.scm:
 432: 8 [eval # #]
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
2404: 7 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 8ea7c0 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4051:3 ()>]
4056: 6 [#<procedure 8ea7c0 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4051:3 ()>]
1727: 5 [%start-stack load-stack #<procedure 8fcca0 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4047:10 ()>]
1732: 4 [#<procedure 8fd6f0 ()>]
In unknown file:
   ?: 3 [primitive-load "/gnu/store/gq6rbsz112r5x3dlaii1w8zs8vcyfzf4-dbus-system-services-builder"]
In ice-9/eval.scm:
 432: 2 [eval # ()]
In srfi/srfi-1.scm:
 616: 1 [for-each #<procedure c3ebd0 at ice-9/eval.scm:416:20 (a)> #]
In unknown file:
   ?: 0 [symlink "/gnu/store/f4mfsyzqsqccfh22z0md1s1jsk1m79mw-udisks-2.1.8/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.UDisks2.service" ...]

ERROR: In procedure symlink:
ERROR: In procedure symlink: File exists
builder for `/gnu/store/dywvmn331drm2j6m474vbycdyiljnc4k-dbus-system-services.drv' failed with exit code 1
cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/4y4v9bdlv4d1r6imamnmy7xcg0r2bcgs-dbus-configuration.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/w70gl6wvbimy25xjv6w95cqgqm79xksq-etc.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/gk7bj491ds1rb17xz90brad7rdygybw3-system.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
guix system: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/gk7bj491ds1rb17xz90brad7rdygybw3-system.drv' failed

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