NixOS image for Google Compute Engine fails to build #23973
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cc @fadenb who had similar problems with the azure image. |
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We solved the issue with the azure images by using rsync instead of cp: See 097ef6e |
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Thanks couldn't find that commit anymore. |
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In `nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix`, copy store paths with `rsync -a` rather than `cp -prd`, because `rsync` seems better able to handle the hard-links that may be present in the store, whereas `cp` may fail to copy them. I have tested that the Google Compute Engine image builds successfully for me with this patch, whereas it did not without this patch. This is the same fix applied for Azure images in commit 097ef6e. Fixes NixOS#23973.
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Thanks; I've filed pull request #24264 to apply the same change to the GCE image build. |
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Thanks :) |
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In `nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix`, copy store paths with `rsync -a` rather than `cp -prd`, because `rsync` seems better able to handle the hard-links that may be present in the store, whereas `cp` may fail to copy them. I have tested that the Google Compute Engine image builds successfully for me with this patch, whereas it did not without this patch. This is the same fix applied for Azure images in commit 097ef6e. Fixes #23973.
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In `nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix`, copy store paths with `rsync -a` rather than `cp -prd`, because `rsync` seems better able to handle the hard-links that may be present in the store, whereas `cp` may fail to copy them. I have tested that the Google Compute Engine image builds successfully for me with this patch, whereas it did not without this patch. This is the same fix applied for Azure images in commit 097ef6e. Fixes #23973. (cherry picked from commit e0e520a)
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In `nixos/modules/virtualisation/google-compute-image.nix`, copy store paths with `rsync -a` rather than `cp -prd`, because `rsync` seems better able to handle the hard-links that may be present in the store, whereas `cp` may fail to copy them. I have tested that the Google Compute Engine image builds successfully for me with this patch, whereas it did not without this patch. This is the same fix applied for Azure images in commit 097ef6e. Fixes NixOS#23973. (cherry picked from commit e0e520a)
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When I try to build the NixOS image for Google Compute Engine on
latest
nixos-unstable, the build process errors out with complaintsabout trying to create hard links to directories:
https://gist.github.com/8573/53dfc5542f95cbf11127b6df915b7500.
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