[bug#27855] [PATCH] gnu: Add rsync service.

[Oleg Pykhalov]

Christopher Baines <address@hidden> writes:

…

> Yep, I think I just stopped writing the test after finding the issue
> with the PID file.
>
> I haven't looked in to how to fix this in the test, so if you could,
> that would be great. Otherwise, I'll probably have time to look at this
> again within a week or so.
>
> You'll probably need to refactor the test a bit, as at the moment, the
> information regarding the port isn't available where you run the
> commands.

Of course I'll try.  By the way, how to run a “vm”?  Previous method
“./pre-inst-env guix system vm gnu/tests/rsync.scm” doesn't work for me.

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Backtrace:
           5 (primitive-load "/home/natsu/src/guix/scripts/guix")
In guix/ui.scm:
  1331:12  4 (run-guix-command _ . _)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    837:9  3 (catch _ _ #<procedure 7f61aed3b8c0 at guix/ui.scm:448:2 (key c)> 
_)
    837:9  2 (catch _ _ #<procedure 7f61aed3b8d8 at guix/ui.scm:536:6 (key 
pro…> …)
In guix/scripts/system.scm:
   1026:8  1 (_)
   905:28  0 (process-action vm _ ((argument . "gnu/tests/rsync.scm") (# . vm) 
…))

guix/scripts/system.scm:905:28: In procedure process-action:
guix/scripts/system.scm:905:28: In procedure struct_vtable: Wrong type argument 
in position 1 (expecting struct): #<unspecified>--8<---------------cut 
here---------------end--------------->8---

>> >> Also, I have (is related?) error on top of test log.
>> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> >> address@hidden ~/src/guix$ ./pre-inst-env make check-system
>> >> TESTS=rsync-with-default-port Compiling Scheme modules...
>> >> warning: failed to load '(gnu tests admin)':
>> >> ERROR: In procedure allocate-struct: Wrong type argument in
>> >> position 2: 8 --8<---------------cut
>> >> here---------------end--------------->8---  
>> >
>> > I think I may have seen this error too, no idea what it relates to
>> > though.  
>> 
>> Should we report this as a bug?
>
> Ideally yes, but I have no idea where the bug might be. I guess it
> might be Guile, as I didn't find anything named allocate-struct in Guix.

Also for a good bug report we need to understand “What fails” and “What
you expect”, I guess.  Will be a challenge.  :-)

-- 
Best regards,

Oleg.