GNU bug report logs - #64031
Guix system entirely broken by updating second runc or by accidental hard reset

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Steven Roose <steven <at> roose.io>

Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 02:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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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