[SOLVED] Re: latest tags v1.8+git20240406, v0.9.git20240714 does not boot in Guix?

[janneke]

Samuel Thibault writes:

Hi,

> janneke@gnu.org, le mar. 05 nov. 2024 23:50:44 +0100, a ecrit:
>> > For GNU Guix I'm trying to upgrade our packages gnumach to
>> > v1.8+git20240406 and hurd to v0.9.git20240714, the most recent tags (as
>> > a step towards possible 64bit support), but the resulting VM does not
>> > boot.
>> 
>> Two more data points: downgrading the hurd package only to our current
>> version: v0.9.git20231217 works, so with new v1.8+git20240406 gnumach.
>> 
>> Upgrading the hurd package to the very latest commit
>> 00b1784c3a3d90e1abac40b6c7de3ebbbb05b6a2, also doesn't boot.
>> 
>> Do you think it would make sense to bisect between v0.9.git20240714 and
>> latest for a hurd that boots?
>
> Yes, that would be welcome.

Found it, and as so often in retrospect, prretty obvious:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
cb6b4024b5e0b79f6416dc9d2553208b981f4550 is the first bad commit
commit cb6b4024b5e0b79f6416dc9d2553208b981f4550
Author: Damien Zammit <damien@zamaudio.com>
Date:   Tue Mar 5 01:30:02 2024 +0100

    ext2fs: New default: use xattrs to store translator records
    
    Replaces experimental option --x-xattr-translator-records
    with --no-xattr-translator-records to allow rolling back to
    previous behaviour.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Of course, it would (have) be(en) nice if the boot would not silently
hang but say something.  Oh well, guess that was what the "shameless
plug" was aiming at.  :)

Removing "--x-xattr-translator-records" from our grub config generation
fixes the boot.

Greetings,
Janneke

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