#23828 - unsupported sexp item type #f ```

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Subject: Re: bug#23828: unsupported sexp item type #f ```
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Hi,

David Craven <david@craven.ch> skribis:

> Maybe not a bug, but I'm getting the same backtrace when trying to run
> ./guix archive or ./guix package -i guix or ./guix pull.

Do you really type “./guix”?  From which directory?

> bin  sudo ./guix archive --authorize < ../share/guix/hydra.gnu.org.pub
>
> /gnu/store/3g6zn8y5sfwywr4pqiwqrab735a0x4zl-guix-0.10.0/bin
> warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
> Backtrace:
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>  157: 17 [catch #t #<catch-closure 18097a0> ...]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 16 [apply-smob/1 #<catch-closure 18097a0>]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>   63: 15 [call-with-prompt prompt0 ...]
> In ice-9/eval.scm:
>  432: 14 [eval # #]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
> 2401: 13 [save-module-excursion #<procedure 1826940 at
> ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
> 4050: 12 [#<procedure 1826940 at ice-9/boot-9.scm:4045:3 ()>]
> 1724: 11 [%start-stack load-stack ...]
> 1729: 10 [#<procedure 183eea0 ()>]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 9 [primitive-load
> "/gnu/store/3g6zn8y5sfwywr4pqiwqrab735a0x4zl-guix-0.10.0/bin/.guix-real"]
> In guix/ui.scm:
> 1188: 8 [run-guix-command archive "--authorize"]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>  157: 7 [catch srfi-34 #<procedure 276d1c0 at guix/ui.scm:419:2 ()> ...]
>  157: 6 [catch system-error ...]
> In guix/scripts/archive.scm:
>  328: 5 [#<procedure 276c7b0 at guix/scripts/archive.scm:318:2 ()>]
>  303: 4 [authorize-key]
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>  702: 3 [map #<procedure sexp->canonical-sexp (sexp)> (#f)]
> In guix/pk-crypto.scm:
>  375: 2 [sexp->canonical-sexp #f]
> In unknown file:
>    ?: 1 [call-with-output-string #<procedure 27704a0 at
> guix/pk-crypto.scm:376:5 (port)>]
>    ?: 0 [scm-error misc-error #f "~A ~S" ("unsupported sexp item type" #f) #f]
>
> ERROR: In procedure scm-error:
> ERROR: unsupported sexp item type #f

Could it be that /etc/guix/acl contains bogus data?

Could you try, as root:

  rm -f /etc/guix/acl
  guix archive --authorize < /path/to/hydra.gnu.org.pub

?

Thanks for the report,
Ludo’.

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#23828 unsupported sexp item type #f ```