Re: i18n guix module error when opening shell after guix home reconfigure

[Jelle Licht]

Hello Roland,

Sad prefix: I don't have a solution for you, nor am I a guix home
expert, but I can confirm that I also run into the issue. 

On my VM, I actually used an almost-default bash configuration, but run
into the very same issue.

Roland Everaert via <help-guix@gnu.org> writes:

> Hello,
>
> First, happy new year and best wishes for this year.
>
> I have updated my guix home configuration to use my zsh config instead of a 
> blank bash configuration.
>
> Unfortunatelly, when I logout and login again, I face the following errors:
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Backtrace:
> 9 (primitive-load "/home/roland/.guix-home/on-first-login")
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
> 721:20 8 (primitive-eval (begin (use-modules (guix i18n)) (# …) …))
> In ice-9/psyntax.scm:
> 1230:36 7 (expand-top-sequence ((begin (use-modules (guix …)) …)) …)
> 1090:25 6 (parse _ (("placeholder" placeholder)) ((top) #(# # …)) …)
> 1222:19 5 (parse _ (("placeholder" placeholder)) ((top) #(# # …)) …)
> 259:10 4 (parse _ (("placeholder" placeholder)) (()) _ c&e (eval) …)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 3927:20 3 (process-use-modules _)
> 222:17 2 (map1 (((guix i18n))))
> 3928:31 1 (_ ((guix i18n)))
> 3329:6 0 (resolve-interface (guix i18n) #:select _ #:hide _ # _ # …)
>
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:3329:6: In procedure resolve-interface:
> no code for module (guix i18n)

It seems that my $HOME/.guix-home/on-first-login assumes that guix's
guile modules are available to the guile interpreter that is listed in
the shebang;

> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> However, the command guix home reconfigure home-config.scm does not generate 
> any error, so I don't understand why guix complain about a missing module 
> related to internationalization.

>
> I am using guix, the package manager, on a Fedora 34 distribution.
>
> Below is my home-config.scm file content:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> (use-modules (gnu home)
> (gnu home services)
> (gnu home services shells)
> (gnu services)
> (gnu packages admin)
> (gnu packages python-xyz)
> (gnu packages password-utils)
> (gnu packages dunst)
> (gnu packages disk)
> (gnu packages backup)
> (gnu packages libreoffice)
> (gnu packages guile)
> (gnu packages xdisorg)
> (gnu packages tls)
> (gnu packages vpn)
> (gnu packages terminals)
> (guix gexp))
>
> (home-environment
> (packages (list htop glances password-store dunst ranger restic hunspell
> ;; hunspell-dict-fr hunspell-dict-en
> ;; guile
> neofetch xdotool openssl openvpn xscreensaver alacritty))
> (services
> (list
> (service home-zsh-service-type
> (home-zsh-configuration
> (xdg-flavor? #t)
> (zshrc (list (local-file "zshrc"))))))))
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Any idea what might cause such trouble?


If you are not worried about temporarily running some older software,
could you try and see if running:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
guix time-machine --commit=2719dfa631 -- home reconfigure your-home-config.scm
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

works for you? This will get guix to use an older copy of itself to
build and 'install' your home environment.

Thanks!
 - Jelle