guix: Build fails for x86_64-apple-darwin #30810

1. 
   hebasto commented at 3:45 am on September 4, 2024: member

   Is there an existing issue for this?

   • I have searched the existing issues

   Current behaviour

   Guix build for x86_64-apple-darwin fails.

   Expected behaviour

   The build succeeds.

   Steps to reproduce

   0$ git checkout 94c307b3c0746a08c6135ff38d6f1ad1ed6693bb
   1$ env SDK_PATH=/home/hebasto HOSTS=x86_64-apple-darwin ./contrib/guix/guix-build
   

   Relevant log output

    0$ env SDK_PATH=/home/hebasto HOSTS=x86_64-apple-darwin ./contrib/guix/guix-build
    1Found macOS SDK at '/home/hebasto/Xcode-15.0-15A240d-extracted-SDK-with-libcxx-headers', using...
    2Checking that we can connect to the guix-daemon...
    3
    4Hint: If this hangs, you may want to try turning your guix-daemon off and on
    5      again.
    6
    7make: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/git/bitcoin/depends'
    8make[1]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/git/bitcoin/depends'
    9make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/git/bitcoin/depends'
   10make: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/git/bitcoin/depends'
   11INFO: Building 94c307b3c074 for platform triple x86_64-apple-darwin:
   12      ...using reference timestamp: 1725398870
   13      ...running at most 4 jobs
   14      ...from worktree directory: '/home/hebasto/git/bitcoin'
   15          ...bind-mounted in container to: '/bitcoin'
   16      ...in build directory: '/home/hebasto/git/bitcoin/guix-build-94c307b3c074/distsrc-94c307b3c074-x86_64-apple-darwin'
   17          ...bind-mounted in container to: '/distsrc-base/distsrc-94c307b3c074-x86_64-apple-darwin'
   18      ...outputting in: '/home/hebasto/git/bitcoin/guix-build-94c307b3c074/output/x86_64-apple-darwin'
   19          ...bind-mounted in container to: '/outdir-base/x86_64-apple-darwin'
   20      ADDITIONAL FLAGS (if set)
   21          ADDITIONAL_GUIX_COMMON_FLAGS: 
   22          ADDITIONAL_GUIX_ENVIRONMENT_FLAGS: 
   23          ADDITIONAL_GUIX_TIMEMACHINE_FLAGS: 
   24guix shell: error: cannot link profile: '/home/hebasto/.guix-profile' already exists within container
   

   How did you obtain Bitcoin Core

   Compiled from source

   What version of Bitcoin Core are you using?

   master@94c307b3c0746a08c6135ff38d6f1ad1ed6693bb

   Operating system and version

   Debian Bookworm

   Machine specifications

   RISC-V SBC.

2. hebasto added the label Build system on Sep 4, 2024
3. 
   maflcko commented at 5:21 am on September 4, 2024: member

   Has this ever worked on your system? guix shell: error sounds like it is an error unrelated to Bitcoin Core?

   Can you use guix and guix shell normally?

4. maflcko added the label Questions and Help on Sep 4, 2024
5. 
   hebasto commented at 12:31 pm on September 4, 2024: member

   Has this ever worked on your system? guix shell: error sounds like it is an error unrelated to Bitcoin Core?

   Can you use guix and guix shell normally?

   Both command work just fine. For example:

   0$ guix package -i hello
   1$ guix shell python -- python3
   

   Moreover, every other non-Darwin host is built successfully with ./contrib/guix/guix-build.

6. 
   fanquake commented at 1:01 pm on September 4, 2024: member

   I think you’ll need to debug this further. It’s odd that building for all HOSTS (except one) would work, but building for x86_64-apple-darwin currently works fine, as far as I’m aware (just tested on two different systems).

   Both command work just fine. For example:

   It’s not clear that those are actually invoking the issue-causing behaviour. The error message points to guix container. i.e guix shell --container.

7. 
   hebasto commented at 3:05 pm on September 7, 2024: member

   0$ uname -m
   1riscv64
   2$ guix shell --container --pure hello
   3$ hello
   4Hello, world!
   5$ exit
   6exit
   

   The issue happens when switch to/form Darwin host. For both invocations

   0$ env SDK_PATH=/home/hebasto HOSTS="x86_64-w64-mingw32 x86_64-apple-darwin" ./contrib/guix/guix-build
   

   and

   0$ env SDK_PATH=/home/hebasto HOSTS="x86_64-apple-darwin x86_64-w64-mingw32" ./contrib/guix/guix-build
   

   build for the former host succeeds, then the error happens:

   0guix shell: error: cannot link profile: '/home/hebasto/.guix-profile' already exists within container
   

8. 
   fanquake commented at 3:08 pm on September 7, 2024: member

   You’ll need to try with all the options we pass to shell/container.
9. 
   hebasto commented at 7:34 pm on September 7, 2024: member

   The problem was env SDK_PATH=/home/hebasto, which effectively shared my home directory with a Guix container.
10. hebasto closed this on Sep 7, 2024

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