GNU bug report logs - #37128
guix system reconfigure stops output after "Evaluating user expression..."

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: 37128 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37128: guix system reconfigure stops output after "Evaluating user expression..."
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:41:51 +0200

Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz> skribis:

> This is the last message in /var/log/messages:
>
> Aug 29 09:13:40 localhost shepherd[1]: Evaluating user expression (let* ((services (map primitive-load (?))) # ?) ?). 
>
>> Did
>> /var/log/messages or the console show anything?
>
> What console?

/dev/console, so tty1, typically.

>> I suppose you’d have to try again the experiment.  Presumably there’s
>> some fsck-like process or something taking time or waiting for input.
>
> Note that everything works alright.  But I'm worried that this would
> fail on a new installation where the bootloader is missing :(

Where the bootloader is missing?  The bootloader cannot be missing or
the thing is not installed.  :-)

Ludo’.

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