Subject: Re: bug#29274: guix pull throws exception: wrong type argument in struct_vtable

From: Marco van Hulten <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 09:05:27 +0100

Ludo'-

Op 12 nov 21:24 schreef Ludovic Courtès:
> Marco van Hulten <[email-masked]> skribis:
> 
> > In guix/git.scm:
> >    115:29  4 (latest-repository-commit #<build-daemon 256.97 33dcf50> …)
> > In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> >     849:4  3 (with-throw-handler _ _ _)
> > In git/clone.scm:
> >     44:14  2 (_ _ _ _)
> > In git/structs.scm:
> >    398:26  1 (clone-options->pointer #<pointer 0x0>)  
> 
> This has been fixed recently: <https://bugs.gnu.org/29238>.  You’ll get
> the fix on your next ‘git pull’.
> 
> In the meantime, there are 2 possible workarounds:
> 
>   1.   mkdir -p ~/.cache/guix/pull
>        cd ~/.cache/guix/pull
>        git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git \
>           pjmkglp4t7znuugeurpurzikxq3tnlaywmisyr27shj7apsnalwq
> 
>   2.   mv ~/.config/guix/latest{,.bak} && guix pull
> 
> Let me know how it goes.

The problem is solved after applying workaround 1.

Just now I started another `git pull' and there are again no syntax
errors (compiling...).

-Marco