error: boost::too_many_args: format-string referred to fewer arguments than were passed

yu-re-ka commented

2024-03-25 13:31:11 +00:00

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Describe the bug

doing a remote build with both local and remote being lix commit 5a1c35f907, I get an error "error: boost::too_many_args: format-string referred to fewer arguments than were passed"

Steps To Reproduce

Not entirely sure 😬. Some combination of remote builds?

Expected behavior

The build should succeed

`nix-env --version` output

nix-env (Nix) 2.90.0-lix

Additional context

looks like the same as https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/10238 (but that is too new to have been imported)

[yuka@m1:~/proj/digital-nixfiles]$ nix --version
nix (Nix) 2.90.0-lix

[yuka@m1:~/proj/digital-nixfiles]$ ssh yoyo.yuka.dev
Last login: Mon Mar 25 14:12:38 2024 from 2a01:599:b01:48e2:ca89:f3ff:feb9:73b

[yuka@yoyo:~]$ nix --version
nix (Nix) 2.90.0-lix

[yuka@yoyo:~]$ 
logout
Shared connection to yoyo.yuka.dev closed.

[yuka@m1:~/proj/digital-nixfiles]$ nix build .#nixosConfigurations.peyote.config.system.build.toplevel --override-input digital-secrets ../digital-fake-secrets/ --override-input nixpkgs ../nixpkgs --keep-going --builders "ssh://yoyo.yuka.dev x86_64-linux" --builders-use-substitutes  -j0
warning: Git tree '/home/yuka/proj/digital-fake-secrets' is dirty
warning: not writing modified lock file of flake 'git+file:///home/yuka/proj/digital-nixfiles':
• Updated input 'digital-secrets':
    'git+ssh://digital@higanbana.fdadf.net/srv/vcs/digital/digital-secrets.git?ref=refs/heads/main&rev=0a513c6fbb4d5fd890fe376add3141a9c7ae508b' (2024-03-15)
  → 'git+file:///home/yuka/proj/digital-fake-secrets' (2023-02-16)
• Updated input 'nixpkgs':
    'github:digtail/nixpkgs/81c2da20cf352dad7c97d8961310ea62b8153d12' (2024-03-02)
  → 'git+file:///home/yuka/proj/nixpkgs?ref=424f9132fbab6eb6b758b5ce2cef2b7bddeafb28&rev=424f9132fbab6eb6b758b5ce2cef2b7bddeafb28' (2024-03-24)
error: boost::too_many_args: format-string referred to fewer arguments than were passed
error:
       … while reading the response from the build hook

       error: unexpected EOF reading a line

[yuka@m1:~/proj/digital-nixfiles]$

I did not ever see this on nix 2.17.1, but it seems to be a common issue with newer nix versions.

## Describe the bug doing a remote build with both local and remote being lix commit 5a1c35f90756508617b4d694d49c4ac3defff1c5, I get an error "error: boost::too_many_args: format-string referred to fewer arguments than were passed" ## Steps To Reproduce Not entirely sure 😬. Some combination of remote builds? ## Expected behavior The build should succeed ## `nix-env --version` output nix-env (Nix) 2.90.0-lix ## Additional context looks like the same as https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/10238 (but that is too new to have been imported) ``` [yuka@m1:~/proj/digital-nixfiles]$ nix --version nix (Nix) 2.90.0-lix [yuka@m1:~/proj/digital-nixfiles]$ ssh yoyo.yuka.dev Last login: Mon Mar 25 14:12:38 2024 from 2a01:599:b01:48e2:ca89:f3ff:feb9:73b [yuka@yoyo:~]$ nix --version nix (Nix) 2.90.0-lix [yuka@yoyo:~]$ logout Shared connection to yoyo.yuka.dev closed. [yuka@m1:~/proj/digital-nixfiles]$ nix build .#nixosConfigurations.peyote.config.system.build.toplevel --override-input digital-secrets ../digital-fake-secrets/ --override-input nixpkgs ../nixpkgs --keep-going --builders "ssh://yoyo.yuka.dev x86_64-linux" --builders-use-substitutes -j0 warning: Git tree '/home/yuka/proj/digital-fake-secrets' is dirty warning: not writing modified lock file of flake 'git+file:///home/yuka/proj/digital-nixfiles': • Updated input 'digital-secrets': 'git+ssh://digital@higanbana.fdadf.net/srv/vcs/digital/digital-secrets.git?ref=refs/heads/main&rev=0a513c6fbb4d5fd890fe376add3141a9c7ae508b' (2024-03-15) → 'git+file:///home/yuka/proj/digital-fake-secrets' (2023-02-16) • Updated input 'nixpkgs': 'github:digtail/nixpkgs/81c2da20cf352dad7c97d8961310ea62b8153d12' (2024-03-02) → 'git+file:///home/yuka/proj/nixpkgs?ref=424f9132fbab6eb6b758b5ce2cef2b7bddeafb28&rev=424f9132fbab6eb6b758b5ce2cef2b7bddeafb28' (2024-03-24) error: boost::too_many_args: format-string referred to fewer arguments than were passed error: … while reading the response from the build hook error: unexpected EOF reading a line [yuka@m1:~/proj/digital-nixfiles]$ ``` I did not ever see this on nix 2.17.1, but it seems to be a common issue with newer nix versions.

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jade commented

2024-03-25 14:17:09 +00:00

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wonder if you can catch the remote end in the act with a rr recording. This is a terribly frustrating bug, of course, this shouldn't even happen and the fact it's not diagnosable is so silly.

hrmmm. if it happens regularly enough maybe we could get you a patch that aborts on that error so you get a core dump to look at?

wonder if you can catch the remote end in the act with a rr recording. This is a terribly frustrating bug, of course, this shouldn't even happen and the fact it's not diagnosable is so silly. hrmmm. if it happens regularly enough maybe we could get you a patch that aborts on that error so you get a core dump to look at?

yu-re-ka commented

2024-03-25 14:18:40 +00:00

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It happens reproducibly in my setup, so I could definitely install a patch