scripts: environment: Display friendly container error messages.

* guix/scripts/environment.scm (assert-container-features): New
  procedure.
  (guix-environment): Use it.
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David Thompson 2015-11-03 09:02:10 -05:00
parent b7d48312bb
commit 00bfa7ea25

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@ -437,6 +437,21 @@ (define (handle-argument arg result)
opts
(alist-cons 'exec command opts)))))
(define (assert-container-features)
"Check if containers can be created and exit with an informative error
message if any test fails."
(unless (user-namespace-supported?)
(report-error (_ "cannot create container: user namespaces unavailable\n"))
(leave (_ "is your kernel version < 3.10?\n")))
(unless (unprivileged-user-namespace-supported?)
(report-error (_ "cannot create container: unprivileged user cannot create user namespaces\n"))
(leave (_ "please set /proc/sys/kernel/unprivileged_userns_clone to \"1\"\n")))
(unless (setgroups-supported?)
(report-error (_ "cannot create container: /proc/self/setgroups does not exist\n"))
(leave (_ "is your kernel version < 3.19?\n"))))
;; Entry point.
(define (guix-environment . args)
(with-error-handling
@ -474,6 +489,9 @@ (define (guix-environment . args)
'()))
inputs))
eq?)))
(when container? (assert-container-features))
(with-store store
(run-with-store store
(mlet* %store-monad ((inputs (lower-inputs