Subject: While downloading substitutes: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting struct): #f

From: Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2021 22:44:58 -0400

Hello,

This occurred while trying to build an updated fontconfig on the
core-updates branch:

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successfully built /gnu/store/dh7wr4laxg5r8x22iv2ydbh8krcm6782-libuninameslist-20200313.drv
The following builds are still in progress:
  /gnu/store/mzw4s9y67cp9i1mylqkiyrpxpyaq5f7s-libnftnl-1.2.0.drv
  /gnu/store/vn2pgkxz1lhvdmzv63crlxvz913v9q3i-libungif-4.1.4.drv
  /gnu/store/yjq9xi300kwpcdca9b38r0fjmvl8q95c-m4-1.4.18.tar.xz.drv
  /gnu/store/5wg445g4y00jwxvga7rk4fk4vmv6hl8d-lzo-2.10.drv
  /gnu/store/hicph1jxczzacyy3xc4wqbjfqdskxwnn-libxml2-2.9.12.tar.xz.drv
  /gnu/store/gda40q0dd10hr0fm4sffzgc9zv24mb0s-libxml2-2.9.12.tar.xz.drv
  /gnu/store/8ir67jqrzwz62s522xi19xlq0yik417f-libtasn1-4.17.0.drv
  /gnu/store/mr9639s4z2fsvcwmw8mw17j9b5f6l4gh-lxml-4.6.3.tar.xz.drv
  /gnu/store/96qnk27khjc25rbdz2gxr22sqgmh4lq9-libxslt-1.1.34.tar.xz.drv
  /gnu/store/jxvirmrqxhfp530vggm6bcgq8rs6ya6y-libtool-2.4.6.tar.xz.drv
  /gnu/store/flmxhxmkj6vbpg6pgh57xp390bxwzqj7-guile-3.0.7.drv
  /gnu/store/sl9k1cdgp1g6hk796sd1pra1w88vnybc-bash-minimal-5.1.8.drv
  /gnu/store/a2zj0nybbs7ydgp30da8vxbgf3s9ndfv-docbook-xsl-1.79.2.tar.xz.drv
  /gnu/store/8rc15lklpf7xyyr57a8mvl2ybvrj5h3q-c-ares-1.17.1.drv
  /gnu/store/4s3kciwd65syrvk3ryvvyk3xydx43mw3-cairo-1.16.0.tar.xz.drv

substituting /gnu/store/yqvsc5brbzpk1m7zr8bnyr66kz9q625a-nasm-2.15.05.tar.xz...
substituting /gnu/store/4fliaxdz084ijlzb6d98sgg76dmz9xp6-net-tools-1.60-0.479bb4a.zip...
substituting /gnu/store/js6wj0pmd4lqnnkys7f9az4gcm8szfmi-nettle-3.7.3.tar.gz...
substituting /gnu/store/lz5qmr8bv3wwmja3vw59yjydiy66ni3a-nghttp2-1.44.0.tar.xz...
process 30234 acquired build slot '/var/guix/offload/127.0.0.1:6666/1'
normalized load on machine '127.0.0.1' is 0.17
building /gnu/store/9xadqmcq1z02x93k7c5xpwbwd4a7f1rk-apr-1.6.5.drv...
eckout 50269 50269
Backtrace:
          19 (apply-smob/0 #<thunk 7fd0dfaedf60>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    724:2 18 (call-with-prompt _ _ #<procedure default-prompt-handler (k proc)>)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
    619:8 17 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) 7fd0dfae7c80>)))
In guix/ui.scm:
   2185:7 16 (run-guix . _)
  2148:10 15 (run-guix-command _ . _)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1752:10 14 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ #:unwind-for-type _)
In guix/status.scm:
    800:4 13 (call-with-status-report _ _)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1752:10 12 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ #:unwind-for-type _)
In guix/store.scm:
   658:37 11 (thunk)
   1320:8 10 (call-with-build-handler _ _)
   1320:8  9 (call-with-build-handler #<procedure 7fd0dd3fdfc0 at guix/ui.scm:1155:2 (continue store …> …)
In guix/scripts/build.scm:
   699:26  8 (_)
In guix/store.scm:
  1388:15  7 (_ #<store-connection 256.99 7fd0dfa699b0> _ _)
   759:13  6 (process-stderr _ _)
In unknown file:
           5 (display "eckout 50269 50269\n@ download-succeeded /gnu/store/1i7b2hrywrp90w5dd9nq6dw788…" …)
In guix/status.scm:
   723:16  4 (write! _ _ _)
   636:15  3 (_ (download-succeeded "/gnu/store/1i7b2hrywrp90w5dd9nq6dw7888wzqkq-mallard-ducktype-…" …) …)
   272:33  2 (compute-status _ #<<build-status> building: (#<<build> derivation: "/gnu/store/9xadqmcq…> …)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1685:16  1 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)
  1685:16  0 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)

ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
In procedure struct-vtable: Wrong type argument in position 1 (expecting
struct): #f
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Thanks,

Maxim