GNU bug report logs - #54969
"activate.scm.drv" Empty and Live

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Zain Jabbar <zaijab2000 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 03:15:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Zain Jabbar <zaijab2000 <at> gmail.com>, 54969 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54969: "activate.scm.drv" Empty and Live
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 15:52:55 +0200

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Zain Jabbar schreef op vr 15-04-2022 om 15:20 [-1000]:
> Is it known why this could happen in the first place?

I guess a power outage or the like.  Currently the guix daemon never
calls 'sync' or the like (except possibly for the SQlite db), though
maybe it should (at cost of some performance).

> Is the only way to fix this to reinstall Guix?

That's a way to do it, but there are less heavy-handed ways.  E.g.,
maybe "guix gc --verify=repair" could be extended to delete objects
that are broken (wrong hash) and aren't referenced? (long-term)

For the short term, maybe do "guix gc", possibly some of the broken
files are unused.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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