bug#33673: PATCH: Fwd: Re: bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy

2018-12-18 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hello, swedebugia skribis: > From e71273a1b3b20bba8f4174ac4b98925bbc36ac0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: swedebugia > Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 19:41:41 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] system: Clarify the three strategies available. > > * guix/scripts/system.scm (show-help): Clarify the three choices.

bug#33673: PATCH: Fwd: Re: bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy

2018-12-14 Thread swedebugia
Is this patch ok? Forwarded Message Subject: Re: bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:10:06 +0100 From: Ludovic Courtès To: Efraim Flashner CC: swedebu...@riseup.net, 33...@debbugs.gnu.org H

bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy

2018-12-11 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi! Efraim Flashner skribis: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 12:16:47AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: [...] >> Improvements are always welcome of course. The main criterion would be >> to remain consistent with the rest of Guix and with GNU conventions that >> we follow. Maybe it’s best to discuss

bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy

2018-12-10 Thread swedebugia
On 2018-12-11 08:18, Efraim Flashner wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 12:16:47AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> Hi, >> >> swedebu...@riseup.net skribis: >> >> > The current output is: >> > >> > --on-error=STRATEGYapply STRATEGY when an error occurs while reading >> > FILE >> >> FWIW I think i

bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy

2018-12-10 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 12:16:47AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi, > > swedebu...@riseup.net skribis: > > > The current output is: > > > > --on-error=STRATEGYapply STRATEGY when an error occurs while reading > > FILE > > FWIW I think it’s reasonable for ‘--help’ to be generally more conc

bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy

2018-12-08 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Hi, swedebu...@riseup.net skribis: > The current output is: > > --on-error=STRATEGYapply STRATEGY when an error occurs while reading > FILE FWIW I think it’s reasonable for ‘--help’ to be generally more concise than the manual. We could list the possible strategies here, but that might clut

bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy

2018-12-08 Thread swedebugia
Hi The current output is: --on-error=STRATEGYapply STRATEGY when an error occurs while reading FILE Also the manual currently lacks a cindex for on-error (I had to search with 's' through multiple false positives to find the relevant section) Additionally we now have so many commands in the