bug#39727: closed (statx error running 'guix gc' on CentOS 7)

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> statx error running 'guix gc' on CentOS 7
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> Fri, 21 Feb 2020 22:49:15 +0000
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> Hi Guix,
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> After a 'guix pull' today to commit
> 536cc4aae5b58b45b974530646a4916a29a8aa6c I noticed that 'guix gc' fails
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> guix gc: error: statting `/gnu/store/.links/0pck...': Invalid argument
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> The system is running CentOS 7:
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> $ cat /etc/centos-release
> CentOS Linux release 7.7.1908 (Core)
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> A temporary fix is to remove 'statx' from the list of functions checked
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> config-daemon.ac (line 96):
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> -  statvfs nanosleep strsignal statx])
> + statvfs nanosleep strsignal])
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> This could a problem with the kernel version or coreutils [0] in CentOS
> 7.  
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> It seems that HAVE_STATX is set in the guix build process but then
> runtime calls to statx generate errors.
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> Best regards,
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> Paul.
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> [0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1760300
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> Hi Paul,
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> Paul Garlick <address@hidden> skribis:
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> >> Great.  Could you apply the following patch, run the daemon with:
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> >>   sudo -E ./pre-inst-env guix-daemon --build-users-group=…
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> >> then run:
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> >>   guix gc -C42
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> > Yes, all is good.  
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> > I have re-built guix with your patch and started the daemon.  Now 'guix
> > gc' runs as expected:
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> Great, pushed as 513c0a0f4602018a49d8fd2dfa24670a3fa08ac9.
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> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
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