GNU bug report logs - #32183
New ‘guix pull’ /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied

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Message #106 received at 32183-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 32183-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32183: New ‘guix pull’
 /root/.config/current/bin/guix: Permission denied
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 11:17:25 +0200

Hi Ludo,

> To work around it, you can pull from an older generation, along these
> lines:
>
>   ~/.config/guix/current-42-link/bin/guix pull
>
> (This will work because this older guix won’t attempt to move your
> generations to /var/guix/profiles, so it allows you to “jump over” the
> bug.)
>
> Let me know how it goes!

I cannot try any more because I already used another workaround, meaning
that my profiles are properly migrated.

> It’s terrible that a function like this that looks trivial has been
> causing so much trouble.  Sorry about that.  :-/

Lesson learned: avoid messing around with mutable state. How about
creating a functional package manager?  ;-)

Konrad.

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