From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed May 13 11:42:25 2020 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 13 May 2020 15:42:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59128 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jYtWa-0006Dh-Nc for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2020 11:42:24 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:50280) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jYtWY-0006DY-CF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2020 11:42:22 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40022) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jYtWY-0002Bj-4Q for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2020 11:42:22 -0400 Received: from relay3-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.195]:41663) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jYtWW-0005CA-Q2 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Wed, 13 May 2020 11:42:21 -0400 Received: from webmail.gandi.net (webmail18.sd4.0x35.net [10.200.201.18]) (Authenticated sender: brice@waegenei.re) by relay3-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id CAAE260005 for ; Wed, 13 May 2020 15:42:16 +0000 (UTC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Wed, 13 May 2020 15:42:16 +0000 From: Brice Waegeneire To: bug-guix@gnu.org Subject: guix deploy error message can be too obscure to understand Message-ID: <417ceba474851b0a24efa886591952d0@waegenei.re> X-Sender: brice@waegenei.re User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/1.3.8 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.195; envelope-from=brice@waegenei.re; helo=relay3-d.mail.gandi.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/13 11:42:17 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -1.6 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Hello again, Guix deploy errors message can be hard to understand, see the following output for example: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ guix deploy -Lmodules systems/hystou-p04.scm guix deploy: warning: failed to load '(config workstation)': no code for module (gnu services lightdm) The following 1 machine will be deployed: abricot guix deploy: deploying to abricot... sending 0 store items (0 MiB) to '192.168.10.10'... sending 0 store items (0 MiB) to '192.168.10.10'... guix deploy: error: failed to deploy abricot: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting struct): ~S --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- By using “guix repl“ I managed to understand that I was setting a field to a undeclared variable: “keyboard-layout“. A stupid mistake on my part that should have been trivial to spot took hours instead because the error message was obscure. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (operating-system … (bootloader (bootloader-configuration … (keyboard-layout keyboard-layout)))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- - Brice