bug#47949: Failed to produce output path for guix-package-cache

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hello,

I think I may have experienced this issue; the symptoms:

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$ guix pull
[...]
\builder for 
`/gnu/store/zliavnqgx3jxp8yc44nn1y34b3bjvlcw-guix-package-cache.drv' failed to 
produce output path 
`/gnu/store/0m2c2zrphqpmfhjb60k85yhfq704ay5r-guix-package-cache'
la compilation de 
/gnu/store/zliavnqgx3jxp8yc44nn1y34b3bjvlcw-guix-package-cache.drv a échoué
conseil : This usually indicates a bug in one of the channels you are pulling 
from, or some incompatibility
among them.  You can check the build log and report the issue to the channel 
developers.

The channels you are pulling from are: guix sfl-packages.

Vous trouverez le journal de compilation dans « 
/var/log/guix/drvs/zl/iavnqgx3jxp8yc44nn1y34b3bjvlcw-guix-package-cache.drv ».
cannot build derivation 
`/gnu/store/v5rszp4m1vv7zf20vrb1sghi4528d40j-profile.drv': 1 dependencies 
couldn't be built
guix pull: erreur : build of 
`/gnu/store/v5rszp4m1vv7zf20vrb1sghi4528d40j-profile.drv' failed

$ tail 
/var/log/guix/drvs/zl/iavnqgx3jxp8yc44nn1y34b3bjvlcw-guix-package-cache.drv
  1694:48  4 (thunk)
In sfl/packages/sflvault.scm:
    75:29  3 (propagated-inputs #<package python-sflvault-common@0.9?>)
In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
  1685:16  2 (raise-exception _ #:continuable? _)
  1780:13  1 (_ #<&compound-exception components: (#<&undefined-vari?>)
In unknown file:
           0 (backtrace #<undefined>)

(exception unbound-variable (value #f) (value "Unbound variable: ~S")
(value (python-pycrypto)) (value #f))

$ guix time-machine --commit=9ed65e6af77893b658a7159b091b5002892c2f95 -- show 
python-pycrypto
name: python-pycrypto
version: 2.6.1
[...]
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The problematic channel is pinned via an inferior at the above commit,
so I'm surprised the error mentions python-pyrypto is unbound (it exists
at least, according to the above time-machine invocation).

I'll keep a backup of ~/.cache/guix/checkouts/ around for forensics.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim