From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pjotr Prins Subject: bug#25852: Users not updating their installations of Guix Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 09:25:11 +0000 Message-ID: <20170305092511.GA9142@mail.thebird.nl> References: <20170223211156.GA24382@jasmine> <20170304202941.sgeprky4l2lda7xt@penguin> <20170304224359.GA18077@jasmine> <20170305075641.76f4mznuod2gztdi@penguin> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52544) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ckSTR-0001u7-Pe for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Mar 2017 04:29:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ckSTO-00033e-GA for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Mar 2017 04:29:05 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:42338) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ckSTO-00033Z-DE for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Mar 2017 04:29:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ckSTO-0003aF-2b for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Mar 2017 04:29:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170305075641.76f4mznuod2gztdi@penguin> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: =?UTF-8?Q?Tom=C3=A1=C5=A1_?= =?UTF-8?Q?=C4=8Cech?= Cc: 25852@debbugs.gnu.org On Sun, Mar 05, 2017 at 08:56:41AM +0100, Tomáš Čech wrote: > And IMHO the best and also "Guix way" could be making guix-daemon aware of > possible newer versions in /gnu/store and execing them instead... Giving a loud warning should really be sufficient. The Guix way is to have a system not surprise us by shifting the sand under our feet ;) --