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[PATCH] tests: docker-system: Use only guix-daemon service.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 77578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#77578] [PATCH] tests: docker-system: Use only guix-daemon
 service.
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:39:13 +0200

Hi Oleg,

Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>>
>>> The test run-docker-system-test was hanging on:
>>>
>>> (docker-cli "exec" container
>>>              "/run/current-system/profile/bin/herd"
>>>              "status")
>>>
>>> This occurred because %test-docker-system specified more services than
>>> gnu/system/examples/docker-image.tmpl, which may have caused conflicts or
>>> unexpected behavior.
>>>
>>> * gnu/tests/docker.scm (%test-docker-system): Simplify by using only the
>>> guix-daemon service to prevent test hangs.
>>
>> It’s not clear to me why ‘herd status’ was blocking in the first
>> place—it’s never supposed to happen.  Do you have ideas?
>
> The docker create command creates a container with a limited set of
> privileges by default. These default privileges are insufficient for
> certain configuration tasks such as networking setup or hostname
> configuration.

Oh I see.  Then, what about changing the patch to (1) specifically
remove the one or two services that are problematic, and (2) have the
above in a comment?

Thanks for explaining,
Ludo’.

PS: Would be great to have support for CNI and all this!

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