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| author | Carl Dong <contact@carldong.me> | 2021-07-08 12:08:46 -0400 |
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| committer | Carl Dong <contact@carldong.me> | 2021-07-19 18:24:36 -0400 |
| commit | 5da2ee49d5b44de803b671aedbdd14e5c1d71ea9 (patch) | |
| tree | 8e6b335319f7cd0d214bcfc0eea0161c648b9294 /contrib/guix/INSTALL.md | |
| parent | 318c60700b7bbb7ec09a29bf037e7c2787646be6 (diff) | |
guix/INSTALL: Add coreutils/inotify-dir-recreate troubleshooting
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diff --git a/contrib/guix/INSTALL.md b/contrib/guix/INSTALL.md index cf04dd1bf4..34fb0c8430 100644 --- a/contrib/guix/INSTALL.md +++ b/contrib/guix/INSTALL.md @@ -778,6 +778,26 @@ Basically: 6. Turn NTP back on 7. Turn networking back on +### coreutils: FAIL: tests/tail-2/inotify-dir-recreate + +The inotify-dir-create test fails on "remote" filesystems such as overlayfs +(Docker's default filesystem) due to the filesystem being mistakenly recognized +as non-remote. + +A relatively easy workaround to this is to make sure that a somewhat traditional +filesystem is mounted at `/tmp` (where `guix-daemon` performs its builds). For +Docker users, this might mean [using a volume][docker/volumes], [binding +mounting][docker/bind-mnt] from host, or (for those with enough RAM and swap) +[mounting a tmpfs][docker/tmpfs] using the `--tmpfs` flag. + +Please see the following links for more details: + +- An upstream coreutils bug has been filed: [debbugs#47940](https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=47940) +- A Guix bug detailing the underlying problem has been filed: [guix-issues#47935](https://issues.guix.gnu.org/47935) +- A commit to skip this test in Guix has been merged into the core-updates branch: +[savannah/guix@6ba1058](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=6ba1058df0c4ce5611c2367531ae5c3cdc729ab4) + + [install-script]: #options-1-and-2-using-the-official-shell-installer-script-or-binary-tarball [install-bin-tarball]: #options-1-and-2-using-the-official-shell-installer-script-or-binary-tarball [install-fanquake-docker]: #option-3-using-fanquakes-docker-image @@ -786,3 +806,7 @@ Basically: [fix-argv0]: #creating-and-starting-a-guix-daemon-original-service-with-a-fixed-argv0 [security-model]: ./README.md#choosing-your-security-model + +[docker/volumes]: https://docs.docker.com/storage/volumes/ +[docker/bind-mnt]: https://docs.docker.com/storage/bind-mounts/ +[docker/tmpfs]: https://docs.docker.com/storage/tmpfs/ |