Subject: ‘guix-packages-website’ fails to start

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:27:21 +0100

‘guix-packages-website’ fails to start on bayfront:

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ludo@bayfront ~$ sudo tail -12 /var/log/guix-packages-website.log 
2025-02-18 19:24:31 In procedure open-file: No such file or directory: "/var/lib/guix-packages-website/conf/plugins.scm"
2025-02-18 19:24:31 Loading /var/lib/guix-packages-website/conf/artanis.conf...done.
2025-02-18 19:24:31 Session with SIMPLE backend init done!
2025-02-18 19:24:32 ;;; Stat of /var/lib/guix-packages-website/conf/plugins.scm failed:
2025-02-18 19:24:32 ;;; In procedure stat: No such file or directory: "/var/lib/guix-packages-website/conf/plugins.scm"
2025-02-18 19:24:32 Backtrace:
2025-02-18 19:24:32            0 (primitive-load "/var/lib/guix-packages-website/conf/pl…")
2025-02-18 19:24:32 
2025-02-18 19:24:32 ERROR: In procedure primitive-load:
2025-02-18 19:24:32 In procedure open-file: No such file or directory: "/var/lib/guix-packages-website/conf/plugins.scm"
2025-02-18 19:24:32 Loading /var/lib/guix-packages-website/conf/artanis.conf...done.
2025-02-18 19:24:32 Session with SIMPLE backend init done!
ludo@bayfront ~$ sudo herd status guix-packages-website
● Status of guix-packages-website:
  It is stopped since 07:24:32 PM (105 seconds ago).
  Process exited with code 1.
  It is disabled.
  Provides: guix-packages-website
  Requires: user-processes networking
  Will be respawned.
  Last respawned on 07:24:31 PM (106 seconds ago).
  Latest exits:
    - 2025-02-18 19:24:32  Process exited with code 1.
    - 2025-02-18 19:24:31  Process exited with code 1.
    - 2025-02-18 19:24:30  Process exited with code 1.
    - 2025-02-18 19:24:30  Process exited with code 1.
    - 2025-02-18 19:24:29  Process exited with code 1.
ludo@bayfront ~$ guix system describe
Generation 1210 Feb 18 2025 15:26:24    (current)
  file name: /var/guix/profiles/system-1210-link
  canonical file name: /gnu/store/yqw5xzxl4d3da10dim33p5nxn1gy17i9-system
  label: GNU with Linux-Libre 5.10.234
  bootloader: grub
  root device: /dev/md0
  kernel: /gnu/store/04g6ij7nqmk4mqxrqd9zq31bm8fysslf-linux-libre-5.10.234/bzImage
  channels:
    guix:
      repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
      branch: master
      commit: 96fe9adf54772e0824e098a6a089306a75101218
  configuration file: /gnu/store/12d2fsn80fwwsmapp3m3pxbfd3q4pra8-configuration.scm
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Ludo’.