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Guix gc removes next-gtk-webkit input with next installed

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From: Dimakakos Dimos <bendersteed <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Guix gc removes next-gtk-webkit input with next installed
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 19:13:59 +0300

After running gc and trying to launch next-browser I get:

<INFO> [19:11:29] next base.lisp (start) - NEXT::+VERSION+: "1.3.1" 
 <INFO> [19:11:29] next base.lisp (load-lisp-file form-fun-4) -
  Loading configuration from /home/bendersteed/.config/next/init.lisp...
 <WARN> [19:11:30] next minibuffer.lisp (echo) -
  Can't echo 'MINIBUFFER-MODE enabled.' without minibuffer or interface
 <INFO> [19:11:30] next remote.lisp (ensure-dbus-session form-fun-4) -
  Bus connection name: :1.103
 <INFO> [19:11:30] next remote.lisp (initialize-instance :after remote-interface) -
  Bus connection name: :1.104
 <INFO> [19:11:30] next port.lisp (run-program port) -
  Current directory: /home/bendersteed/
 <INFO> [19:11:30] next port.lisp (run-program port) -
  Platform port path: /gnu/store/5hh6qpp4lqa6gy1ghdb4ppvjamgb3mbc-next-gtk-webkit-1.3.1/bin/next-gtk-webkit
 <INFO> [19:11:30] next port.lisp (run-program port) -
  Platform port arguments: NIL
 <INFO> [19:11:30] next port.lisp (run-program port) -
  Platform port log file: /home/bendersteed/.local/share/next/next-gtk-webkit.log
<ERROR> [19:11:30] next base.lisp (initialize-port remote-interface fun24) -
  Couldn't execute "/gnu/store/5hh6qpp4lqa6gy1ghdb4ppvjamgb3mbc-next-gtk-webkit-1.3.1/bin/next-gtk-webkit": No such file or directory
Make sure the platform port executable is either in the
PATH or set in you ~/.config/next/init.lisp, for instance:

     (setf (get-default 'port 'path)
         "~/common-lisp/next/ports/gtk-webkit/next-gtk-webkit")
; 
; compilation unit aborted
;   caught 1 fatal ERROR condition

Obviously the package should be live and not be picked up by gc, since
it's an input of a package in a current profile. Any ideas why that
could happen?

Message #8 received at 37357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Dimakakos Dimos <bendersteed <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 37357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37357: Guix gc removes next-gtk-webkit input with next
 installed
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 23:25:48 +0200

Dimakakos Dimos <bendersteed <at> gmail.com> writes:

> After running gc and trying to launch next-browser I get:
[…]
> <ERROR> [19:11:30] next base.lisp (initialize-port remote-interface fun24) -
>   Couldn't execute "/gnu/store/5hh6qpp4lqa6gy1ghdb4ppvjamgb3mbc-next-gtk-webkit-1.3.1/bin/next-gtk-webkit": No such file or directory
[…]
> Obviously the package should be live and not be picked up by gc, since
> it's an input of a package in a current profile. Any ideas why that
> could happen?

Can you tell us what version of Guix you used to install Next?  There
was a short period during which the Next executable was compressed,
which effectively hid references from the garbage collector.

--
Ricardo

Message #11 received at 37357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dimakakos Dimos <bendersteed <at> gmail.com>
To: 37357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37357: Guix gc removes next-gtk-webkit input with next
 installed
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:51:59 +0300

Ricardo Wurmus writes:

> Can you tell us what version of Guix you used to install Next?  There
> was a short period during which the Next executable was compressed,
> which effectively hid references from the garbage collector.

OK, so I checked and it seems that I installed next while there was the
patch for the executable compression, particularly commit 79c6d8781b, in
master. I will try again to rebuild and then gc to check if it works as
intended and then close this bug.  Thanks!

Message #14 received at 37357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
To: Dimakakos Dimos <bendersteed <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>, 37357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37357: Guix gc removes next-gtk-webkit input with next
 installed
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:24:49 +0200

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This is the known bug #33848, it's not related to core compression.

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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Message #17 received at 37357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>
To: 37357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Is there a workaround?
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:37:12 +0200

I suspect that I am a victim of this bug as well. Is there a workaround?
I tried removing next, doing another gc to get a clean slate, and then
re-installed next. But it still complains that it can't find the
next-gtk-webkit executable.

Konrad.

Message #20 received at 37357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>
To: 37357 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is there a workaround?
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 19:45:38 +0200

Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net> writes:

> I suspect that I am a victim of this bug as well. Is there a workaround?
> I tried removing next, doing another gc to get a clean slate, and then
> re-installed next. But it still complains that it can't find the
> next-gtk-webkit executable.

This actually does work, if you remove older generations of your profile
first that still contain next. So this is a workaround, but a somewhat
radical one because it requires throwing away a lot of stuff.

Konrad.

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