Hi, On Wed, 05 Feb 2020 at 12:11, Ludovic Courtès <[email protected]> wrote: > Maxim Cournoyer <[email protected]> skribis: > >> "hurd" is a host name defined in my ~/.ssh/config file. >> >> $ guix offload status >> guix offload: getting status of 1 build machines defined in >> '/etc/guix/machines.scm'... > > [...] > >> $ guix offload test >> guix offload: testing 1 build machines defined in '/etc/guix/machines.scm'... >> guix offload: Guix is usable on 'hurd' (test returned >> "/gnu/store/883yjkl46dxw9mzykykmbs0yzwyxm17z-test") > > [...] > >> $ guix build git --no-substitutes --check >> process 31348 acquired build slot '/var/guix/offload/hurd:22/0' >> guix offload: error: failed to connect to 'hurd': Failed to resolve hostname >> hurd (Name or service not known) > > That is confusing indeed. It comes from the fact that ‘guix offload’ in > the last case is running as root; thus, it sees a different > ~/.ssh/config.
Therefore, see 52517. :-) And the manual is also confusing, IMHO. <http://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/52517> > We could instruct ‘guix offload’ to always ignore ~/.ssh/config, but > that wouldn’t be great because using it can be useful. Well, I am in favor of POLA. Cheers, simon
