From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Jun 01 17:38:18 2018 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Jun 2018 21:38:18 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58232 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fOrkX-0003Sr-Ta for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:38:18 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40513) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fOrkW-0003Se-Rx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:38:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fOrkQ-0001OE-EA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:38:11 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:39385) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fOrkQ-0001NV-AH for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:38:10 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59713) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fOrkO-0002sM-WD for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:38:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fOrkL-0000ul-Ry for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:38:08 -0400 Received: from dd26836.kasserver.com ([85.13.145.193]:48834) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fOrkL-0000hX-Jv for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 01 Jun 2018 17:38:05 -0400 Received: from localhost (84-113-15-225.cable.dynamic.surfer.at [84.113.15.225]) by dd26836.kasserver.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1B70733600F7 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2018 23:38:03 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 23:38:01 +0200 From: Danny Milosavljevic To: Subject: guix system reconfigure: Inscrutable error message when adding same service twice Message-ID: <20180601233801.6823582f@scratchpost.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) I got an inscrutable error message: ------------------------------------------ [...] `/gnu/store/xbihzbddsl12499nam1frafm3xwx0fhl-upower-0.99.4/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.UPower.service' -> `/gnu/store/x2vkzm0by6mlby0cwjk0ir5aycfjn9wf-upower-wrapper/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.UPower.service' find-files: /gnu/store/xw7fwgdwmgpz75qjgq542l1m4fd8m3by-wpa-supplicant-2.6/share/dbus-1/: No such file or directory Backtrace: 3 (primitive-load "/gnu/store/n7l928agnkhyv1grpq3zn38yvqc?") In ice-9/eval.scm: 619:8 2 (_ #f) In srfi/srfi-1.scm: 640:9 1 (for-each # ?) In unknown file: 0 (symlink "/gnu/store/5jq912zx08lbv6svv50b2mkrv75np31j-?" ?) ERROR: In procedure symlink: In procedure symlink: File exists builder for `/gnu/store/nw48qzs8mmxq74yjnl5lhqlpxjs8hchi-dbus-system-services.drv' failed with exit code 1 cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/hh6v78zidzg11b5qk91b31hm6wvlkpjx-dbus-configuration.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/ss682w5kqjazscnr7qrs7x9d3mpxhfy6-etc.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built cannot build derivation `/gnu/store/lx5ijdjdqkxa11p3546pi5w4pnim6j0q-system.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built guix system: error: build failed: build of `/gnu/store/lx5ijdjdqkxa11p3546pi5w4pnim6j0q-system.drv' failed ------------------------------------------ This happens when you add the same service twice to config.scm .