Subject: bug#34945: Guix repository `make check` failing tests

From: mikadoZero <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 11:35:25 -0400

Ludovic Courtès writes:

> Hi,
>
> mikadoZero <[email-masked]> skribis:
>
>> @ build-started /home/guix/u/guix/failedTests/guix/test-tmp/store/mps9fhh4frs84izvwl1pyl8hvyq593is-guile-2.0.9.tar.xz.drv - x86_64-linux /home/guix/u/guix/failedTests/guix/test-tmp/var/log/guix/drvs/mp//s9fhh4frs84izvwl1pyl8hvyq593is-guile-2.0.9.tar.xz.drv.bz2 16915
>> guix perform-download: error: refusing to run with elevated privileges (UID 0)
>> builder for `/home/guix/u/guix/failedTests/guix/test-tmp/store/mps9fhh4frs84izvwl1pyl8hvyq593is-guile-2.0.9.tar.xz.drv' failed with exit code 1
>
> I think the failure stems from the fact that you’re running “make check”
> as root.  You’re running it as root, right?  Can you try as non-root?
>
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.

I will try it with a non root user and share the results.