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Bug in Derivation

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From: C K <cwkeller <at> pm.me>
To: "bug-guix <at> gnu.org" <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Bug in Derivation
Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:10:40 +0000

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# guix pull
Updating channel 'guix' from Git repository at 'https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git'...
Authenticating channel 'guix', commits 9edb3f6 to 67c276a (4 new commits)...
Building from this channel:
guix https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git 67c276a
substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://ci.guix.gnu.org'... 100.0%
substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org'... 100.0%
building /gnu/store/g6b0q7lpn7p7wckdb32x814yzrj9ak4k-compute-guix-derivation.drv...
Computing Guix derivation for 'x86_64-linux'... |guix pull: error: You found a bug: the program '/gnu/store/n8rwxblax5zs6hvqc6ky5ss005ijknq0-compute-guix-derivation'
failed to compute the derivation for Guix (version: "67c276a870b9d6be69c2a9e867683e58928c38ef"; system: "x86_64-linux";
host version: "1.4.0"; pull-version: 1).Please report the COMPLETE output above by email to <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>.

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Message #10 received at 64489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
Cc: 64489 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 64302 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64489: Bug in Derivation
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:17:14 +0200

Hi,

It’s about this bug:

    https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/64489

On Wed, 19 Jul 2023 at 12:08, Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr> wrote:

> So we have the culprit; not a Guix bug per se.
>
> $ cat /proc/meminfo
> MemTotal:         997864 kB
> MemFree:          679044 kB
> MemAvailable:     817052 kB
>
> It looks like 1GB of memory is not enough for "guix pull", which is
> not nice. Has this been addressed in later commits? Is there a known
> lower memory limit for using Guix?

Is this bug actionable?  Because it comes from Guile.

Cheers,
simon

Message #15 received at 64489-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: 64302-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 64489-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 69127-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Close
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 20:56:20 +0200

Closing as probably not actionable from our side.

Andreas

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