Subject: Re: bug#46269: first guix-pull on foreign distro doesn't create directories

From: Leo Famulari <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 15:53:55 -0500

On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 01:19:22PM +0200, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> I just installed guix on a foreign distro. In my $HOME I didn't have a
> .config directory.
> 
> (ins)efraimf@tux03:~$ time guix pull --commit=1b3dcb3dd266fda9732b7a8194bd24e80043fb7a
> guix pull: error: while creating symlink '/home/efraimf/.config/guix/current': No such file or directory
> 
> Only after creating $HOME/.config/guix did guix pull work.

This happens on Guix System too, at least when starting with `guix
system vm-image`.