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Guix system entirely broken by updating second runc or by accidental hard reset

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From: Steven Roose <steven <at> roose.io>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Guix system entirely broken by updating second runc or by accidental hard reset
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 04:25:18 +0200

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I'm writing this from my phone after a 3 hour attempt to fix my Guix system without success, it seems totally FUBAR.

So here is what I did:

$ guix package -I runc

Shortly after, my battery ran out and my laptop did a hard reset (yes trying to configure hibernate on low battery has been on my todo list for a while). I think the above command already finished when it reset, but I'm not entirely sure. It's been some hours.

So the current situation is this:

* All GUI apps I tried give "command not found", hence no Firefox or Thunderbird.
* My ~/.guix-profile/manifest is empty. Meaning that all guix package commands done in this profile give "unsupported manifest format".
* Idk if this is normal, but listing profiles as my regular user lists two profiles: ~/.guix-profile and ~/.config/guix/current.

I tried various things:

* editing PATH to remove my user profile (thinking this might use another runc) 
* running guix package -r from a root bash using the --profile= flag for the broken profile: same manifest error. When doing this for the ~/.config/guix/current profile, it says no runc found.
* guix pull, reconfigure and reboot from root
* asking for help on IRC (weechat works yay) 

I'm kinda hopeless. I can't do anything productive.

If I should post this in a forum instead of here, feel free to forward me.

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Message #8 received at 64031 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Steven Roose <steven <at> roose.io>
To: 64031 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64031: Acknowledgement (Guix system entirely broken by
 updating second runc or by accidental hard reset)
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:02:10 +0100

I figured if my current profile is broken, somehow I should fix it or 
roll it back. I also figure reinstalling my system won't work if I keep 
my home directory.

I also still don't understand why I have two different profiles and I 
don't know what is the different between profiles and whatever `guix 
home` does.

But I tried some things:


$ guix home roll-back
guix home: error: cannot switch to home environment generation '-1'


$ guix home list-generations
Backtrace:
           7 (primitive-load "/home/steven/.config/guix/current/bin/…")
In guix/ui.scm:
   2300:7  6 (run-guix . _)
  2263:10  5 (run-guix-command _ . _)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1752:10  4 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _)
In guix/status.scm:
    859:3  3 (_)
    839:4  2 (call-with-status-report _ _)
In unknown file:
           1 (raise #<&profile-not-found-error profile: "/var/guix/p…>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1685:16  0 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)

ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
Wrong type (expecting exact integer): #<&profile-not-found-error 
profile: "/var/guix/profiles/per-user/steven/guix-home">


$ guix home describe
guix home: error: no home environment generation, nothing to describe


So I guess I'm not using `guix home`.


Just to help me move forward, is there a summary on what profiles 
actually are? Because they are separate from the guix system packages 
that it also seems separate from guix home.

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From: Steven Roose <steven <at> roose.io>
To: 64031 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64031: Acknowledgement (Guix system entirely broken by
 updating second runc or by accidental hard reset)
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 18:24:54 +0100

Ok, I don't know how to close this issue, but I managed to fix it with 
guix package --roll-back. I took me so long to find that possibility 
because both `guix system` and `guix home` have a `roll-back` *command* 
while in packages it's a flag. I thought it was for individual packages 
maybe.

I don't know how to close issues here, but someone feel free to close this.

On 6/13/23 18:02, Steven Roose wrote:
> I figured if my current profile is broken, somehow I should fix it or 
> roll it back. I also figure reinstalling my system won't work if I 
> keep my home directory.
>
> I also still don't understand why I have two different profiles and I 
> don't know what is the different between profiles and whatever `guix 
> home` does.
>
> But I tried some things:
>
>
> $ guix home roll-back
> guix home: error: cannot switch to home environment generation '-1'
>
>
> $ guix home list-generations
> Backtrace:
>            7 (primitive-load "/home/steven/.config/guix/current/bin/…")
> In guix/ui.scm:
>    2300:7  6 (run-guix . _)
>   2263:10  5 (run-guix-command _ . _)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   1752:10  4 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _)
> In guix/status.scm:
>     859:3  3 (_)
>     839:4  2 (call-with-status-report _ _)
> In unknown file:
>            1 (raise #<&profile-not-found-error profile: "/var/guix/p…>)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   1685:16  0 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)
>
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception:
> Wrong type (expecting exact integer): #<&profile-not-found-error 
> profile: "/var/guix/profiles/per-user/steven/guix-home">
>
>
> $ guix home describe
> guix home: error: no home environment generation, nothing to describe
>
>
> So I guess I'm not using `guix home`.
>
>
> Just to help me move forward, is there a summary on what profiles 
> actually are? Because they are separate from the guix system packages 
> that it also seems separate from guix home.
>
> On 6/13/23 03:26, GNU bug Tracking System wrote:
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Message #16 received at 64031-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Steven Roose <steven <at> roose.io>
Cc: 64031-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64031: Guix system entirely broken by updating second runc
 or by accidental hard reset
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:55:26 +0200

Steven Roose <steven <at> roose.io> skribis:

> Ok, I don't know how to close this issue, but I managed to fix it with
> guix package --roll-back. I took me so long to find that possibility
> because both `guix system` and `guix home` have a `roll-back`
> *command* while in packages it's a flag. I thought it was for
> individual packages maybe.
>
> I don't know how to close issues here, but someone feel free to close this.

Hi!  Glad you found the explanation and solution.

I’m closing by emailing to 64031-done.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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