Ludovic Courtès skribis: > Likewise, on foreign distros, /usr/local/bin/guix may point to a ‘guix > pull’-guix, but because of the symlink, ‘guix describe’ won’t work: > > $ type -P guix > /home/ludo/.config/guix/current/bin/guix > $ guix describe > Generacio 171 Jan 11 2021 11:38:39 (nuna) > guix 458cb25 > repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git > branch: master > commit: 458cb25b9e7e7c954f468023abea2bebb5d8c75b > $ ln -s $(type -P guix) /tmp > $ /tmp/guix describe > guix describe: error: failed to determine origin > hint: Perhaps this `guix' command was not obtained with `guix pull'? Its > version string is 458cb25b9e7e7c954f468023abea2bebb5d8c75b. This problem extends beyond that: channel modules are not found if the symlink is dereferenced: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ /tmp/guix-science/bin/guix describe Generacio 1 Jan 26 2021 14:13:46 (nuna) guix-past 829923f repository URL: https://gitlab.inria.fr/guix-hpc/guix-past branch: master commit: 829923f01f894f1e687735627025ada26230832f guix-science cf87b05 repository URL: https://github.com/guix-science/guix-science.git branch: master commit: cf87b0501c4a38b96edf41025a27bf1cb91f521a guix 51418c3 repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git branch: master commit: 51418c32d95d8188d8877616829f26479f1135c6 $ $(readlink -f /tmp/guix-science/bin/guix) describe guix describe: error: failed to determine origin hint: Perhaps this `guix' command was not obtained with `guix pull'? Its version string is 51418c32d95d8188d8877616829f26479f1135c6. $ /tmp/guix-science/bin/guix build python2@2.4 -n La jenaj derivoj estus konstruataj: /gnu/store/xsk3vg48dfbwcc5w8pn08x5x15n5prpz-python2-2.4.6.drv /gnu/store/pnxh0lx28iydhw354xgcfbzk9r6zs6dx-Python-2.4.6.tar.xz.drv /gnu/store/fi2my0k9lfag52siz1h7xqwqbzwjkirc-Python-2.4.6.tar.bz2.drv 14.2 MB would be downloaded: /gnu/store/6wn346cbw1mh6264v426pwj2klgvxr0z-gcc-5.5.0 $ $(readlink -f /tmp/guix-science/bin/guix) build python2@2.4 -n guix build: error: python2: pako ne trovita por versio 2.4 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Ludo’.