From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Efraim Flashner Subject: bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 09:18:51 +0200 Message-ID: <20181211071841.GC1323@macbook41> References: <87pnuccuk2.fsf@gmail.com> <74aa65394c92165fbf4c2f777099eab3@riseup.net> <2a004926090617e0227252136dc35dab@riseup.net> <87ftv7623k.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="XvKFcGCOAo53UbWW" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55641) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gWcKt-0007mH-Pr for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:20:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gWcKo-0001J6-GD for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:20:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:38460) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gWcKo-0001Iv-CT for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:20:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gWcKo-0007VN-63 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2018 02:20:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87ftv7623k.fsf@gnu.org> 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: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: swedebugia@riseup.net, 33673@debbugs.gnu.org --XvKFcGCOAo53UbWW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 12:16:47AM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Hi, >=20 > swedebugia@riseup.net skribis: >=20 > > The current output is: > > > > --on-error=3DSTRATEGY apply STRATEGY when an error occurs while read= ing > > FILE >=20 > FWIW I think it=E2=80=99s reasonable for =E2=80=98--help=E2=80=99 to be g= enerally more concise > than the manual. We could list the possible strategies here, but that > might clutter the output more than is desirable. >=20 > > Additionally we now have so many commands in the help pages of guix > > system and guix build that it would be nice to present them in a more > > readable/categorized way. > > > > Would a patches for improvement in these areas be accepted? >=20 > 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=E2=80=99s best to discuss what you have in mind firs= t? >=20 > Thank you, > Ludo=E2=80=99. >=20 I'd go with (one of: nothing-special, backtrace, debug) with the assumption that for more information the manual is more verbose. I also just noticed that we have 'man guix-system', which could be more verbose on the subject without needing to fit in a concise output. --=20 Efraim Flashner =D7=90=D7=A4=D7=A8=D7=99=D7=9D = =D7=A4=D7=9C=D7=A9=D7=A0=D7=A8 GPG key =3D A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted --XvKFcGCOAo53UbWW Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEoov0DD5VE3JmLRT3Qarn3Mo9g1EFAlwPZNsACgkQQarn3Mo9 g1Fk8w//YaVkFS8KUW1cmupJxwEd9XZA1jBBxDIJeU0hR6FpNbC7qudzN27/615h EUxhTy37rZ/4CWRmanmoUPRJSu/mocmo5D1H+x1PKi5hnp/yMn4B2K7J1I1HZ/A5 vm95IPRANew6+F68rfg75ADhUkxjBh+x9sSv7Fk7oI5DaCbZ+EO3RQoO2Ynw7Kld OS5AHSwJLtODvFTHPWIbzT5yY5j3Y/9nbA70aTzDY0VlNUJWsrwxdssfwrso3BHK +s5swDDJ+MS2EnmDqQGDqwfiSXw1v7/GJKFrd0fdZ6h2aBKzKPlOT2C8c4oANtHi wOk3fCBf2ltPxWyccqPFu/6H9qaMK7nEd3S771ht+9Z06mMLMt5wkDUIvJljAmbl J2owE1uS7gwrTbyG4ExRecHWczK82fM3lnh2qAN4qEFWHN+2VMbKQ6aVdMCaqUpH 7tNx30aQdJoH5jwDwWMtPQ5qxCkyASRzpbgyBFC0oUnLg8TSlrVwhHzr8nFGHwAQ ULn9wJm/d8HF/uVDFs6yAQslfM59DJap13n60X0JDhMnlbd7I64UAcj4KL3TWKym ND/VMcEVFC9EwM7QHkEo2q3pe+MrVIbalVjrYH5Hk1VUAnEdej9mWzehJx3QwsT1 sWD2mfnfyI1atlj4FSGFygf/fCjPdOaMPbq7wCN7NqY15dwZgUk= =dbA8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --XvKFcGCOAo53UbWW--