GNU bug report logs - #55066
guix pull: error: You found a bug: the program '/gnu/store/mpfp9nrzifhp3r5s3bv05b8xal5aa44f-compute-guix-derivation'

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From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>, calcium <calcium <at> disroot.org>
Cc: 55066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55066: guix pull: error: You found a bug: the program
 '/gnu/store/mpfp9nrzifhp3r5s3bv05b8xal5aa44f-compute-guix-derivation'
Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 11:36:46 +0200

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Christopher Baines schreef op vr 22-04-2022 om 18:34 [+0100]:
> The longer explanation is that this is the error I'd expect when guix
> finds a narinfo for a store item it wants to substitute, but can't
> fetch
> the nar. Maybe it's possible to handle that scenario more gracefully,
> but generally it doesn't happen, it only happens when substitute
> servers
> misbehave.

Can we at least print a better error message? 
<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/50238> should improve error messages from
"guix pull" (by using the same system as for "guix build" and the
like), albeit not perfectly (it still says ‘found a bug’).

Greetings,
Maxime.

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