bug#28772: guix system reconfigure after kernel panic user or group not created

[zimoun]

Hi,

On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 at 08:51, Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com> wrote:

> During 'guix system reconfigure' I got a kernel panic.
>
> Getting it quite often while 'guix system reconfigure' at Linux magnolia
> 4.13.4-gnu #1 SMP 1 x86_64 GNU/Linux.  But it's not a subject of current
> report.
>
> After reboot I tried another attempt to make a 'guix system
> reconfigure', but because of /etc/group.lock and /etc/passwd.lock
> operating-system groups and users fields didn't applied.
>
> I tried to get a creation of adbusers group and add my user to it, but
> because of those files I cannot do it, until manually removed them.
>
> So, do we need to check if *.lock files are exist and remove them at the
> start of 'guix system reconfigure' OR abort reconfigure and creation of
> Grub boot entry OR something else?


The last message for bug 28772 [1] is 22 Oct 2017 and it is marked
’moreinfo’ since 2017.  I propose to close or provide more details.

1: <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/28772>


Cheers,
simon