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

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64031: closed (Guix system entirely broken by updating second
 runc or by accidental hard reset)
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:56:02 +0000

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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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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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