Subject: Re: bug#34282: offload: error parsing derivation `*.drv': expected string `Derive(['

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 19:30:48 +0100

Hi Mark,

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> skribis:

> Mark H Weaver <[email-masked]> skribis:
>
>> exporting path `/gnu/store/zrw4yckqa9g6a8zglkz7g0gfr6k78jl8-r-usethis-1.4.0'
>> guix offload: error: build failed: error parsing derivation `/gnu/store/5qjsrh8dncv6sninnyydkzccmh89498r-r-fs-1.2.6.drv': expected string `Derive(['
>
> Could you check the contents of this file?  This very much suggests a
> file system corruption (e.g., the file is actually empty yet considered
> valid per /var/guix/db/db.sqlite.)

This explanation is plausible so I’m closing as not-a-bug.  Please do
reopen if you think otherwise.

Thanks,
Ludo’.