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bug#50941: I can confirm this bug too
From: |
jgart |
Subject: |
bug#50941: I can confirm this bug too |
Date: |
Wed, 6 Oct 2021 17:31:48 -0400 |
On Sun, 03 Oct 2021 15:45:34 +0300 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 02, 2021 at 03:01:52AM -0400, jgart via Bug reports for GNU Guix
> wrote:
> > I was going to report this today but Pascal beat me to it.
> >
> > I get the same error when running `guix home reconfigure file.scm`.
> >
> > `guix home build file.scm` builds fine without errors.
>
> Can you try setting XDG_RUNTIME_DIR to someplace that you have writable
> and then running reconfigure again? I have to warn you though I don't
> have a good answer for what to do if it works this time and doesn't work
> if you log out and log back in again.
That fixed it for me.
Specifically `export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=$HOME/tmp` like Maxime mentioned.
I think this should be documented for guix home users on a foreign distro so
they
don't get frustrated with this detail of getting set up.
WDYT?
Or is there another way that this configuration should be managed on a foreign
distro?
all best,
jgart