Re: GNU Guix 1.4.0rc2 available for testing!
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On 2022-12-17 17:38:02 +0100, Wolf wrote:
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> Hello,
>
> On 2022-12-11 10:39:56 +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > Hello Guix!
> >
> > The second release candidate of the upcoming 1.4.0 release is now
> > available for testing, fixing issues that were reported for rc1:
> >
> > source:
> > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-1.4.0rc2.tar.gz
> >
> > binary tarball (to install on a “foreign distro”):
> > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
> > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.armhf-linux.tar.xz
> > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.i686-linux.tar.xz
> > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
> > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
> >
> > system installation:
> > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.4.0rc2.i686-linux.iso
> > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-install-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.iso
> >
> > virtual machine image:
> > https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guix-system-vm-image-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.qcow2
> >
> > SHA256 hashes:
> >
> > 3b6c676615ce0b9de7c66ead528a91bb8520b74d2c391e0000dac8d4c76d2d52 guix-1.4.0rc2.tar.gz
> > 3566bfe5f0615f9b2167db7d1a2f1c88c02e8cc5013563b3e1eb95636a58f850 guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.aarch64-linux.tar.xz
> > 18741b6780e9d0f8985d2514e5dff32110091cdf4da106062d1a2cf5cd6ed6a4 guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.armhf-linux.tar.xz
> > 3d8348c2dbed8f9c6ab90f2ddc0df8c10d45c042612aed1fe7dcc7eabbc18b70 guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.i686-linux.tar.xz
> > 4731126cc4f3f22265ae430e2acc3f67489ec311e42de346b634656740258033 guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.powerpc64le-linux.tar.xz
> > 542e53a09fddedbddd75dfc745509ad9365cb7a76750d9bf8575b589c97dc286 guix-binary-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.tar.xz
> > b35f94609942b9715acefa978166189c5505934c9576b1c3e14417beb5c48d6d guix-system-install-1.4.0rc2.i686-linux.iso
> > 880a1ee977f6999f635352222d5667930d1d859a607c723573c86bd9f6c2ae69 guix-system-install-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.iso
> > 8bc98e42ba9370f49cfc2b051083121d8682c760ac3dac614b3f478d174c8756 guix-system-vm-image-1.4.0rc2.x86_64-linux.qcow2
> >
> > All these files have an associated ‘.sig’, an OpenPGP signature that you
> > can verify as explained at
> > <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Binary-Installation.html> [0].
> >
> > You can help by:
> >
> > 1. Testing the binary tarball on the distro of your choice. You can
> > download <https://guix.gnu.org/install.sh> and uncomment the
> > ‘GNU_URL’ variable assignment that refers to alpha.gnu.org. It
> > should pick up 1.4.0rc2 automatically.
> >
> > 2. Testing the graphical installer of Guix System (the ISO images).
>
> I booted up the installer under qemu (that is how far my current
> knowledge of guix allows me to test :) ), and I did notice that the
> first "weird" language is not rendered properly under 1.4.0rc2. I
> attached screenshots of 1.3.0 installer and 1.4.0rc2 installer. Notice
> that under 1.4.0rc2 there are just square boxes instead of the
> letters.
Aaaand of course I forgot to attach the files :(
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>
> Qemu is running with -display gtk, but I do not believe that should
> actually matter. Invocation looks like this:
>
> qemu-system-x86_64 \
> -bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF.fd \
> -display gtk \
> -enable-kvm \
> ${use_install:+-cdrom} ${use_install:+"$guix_sys_install_iso"} \
> -hda "$guix_sys_vm_img" \
> -hdb "$new_img_a" \
> -hdd "$new_img_b" \
> -m 4096 \
> -machine type=q35,accel=kvm \
> -cpu host \
> -smp 2 \
> -device VGA,vgamem_mb=64 \
> -net nic -net user,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:10022-:22 \
> -monitor unix:"$mon_socket",server,nowait \
> -virtfs local,path="$host_dir",mount_tag=shared,security_model=none,readonly=on \
> &
>
> I can share full script if desired (but I think the variables are
> pretty much self-describing).
>
> >
> > 3. Testing the VM image, along the lines of
> > <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Running-Guix-in-a-VM.html>.
> >
> > Please report success to guix-devel@gnu.org, and report bugs and
> > annoyances to bug-guix@gnu.org.
> >
> > If not serious problems are reported, we may release 1.4.0 on Dec. 19th.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Ludo’.
> >
> > [0] Replacing https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=127547 by
> > https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=15145 in the
> > instructions. This will only be reflected on the website after the
> > release is made.
>
> W.
>
> --
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