From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: bug#29255: "Profile contains conflicting entries" could be more helpful Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 14:59:04 +0100 Message-ID: <87bmk8hq6v.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87bmk98yeq.fsf@sturm.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59311) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDWKN-0002xu-N4 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:00:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDWKI-0000Vq-Fr for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:00:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:54371) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDWKI-0000Vm-CO for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:00:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eDWKI-0007L7-1j for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:00:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87bmk98yeq.fsf@sturm.com.au> (Ben Sturmfels's message of "Sat, 11 Nov 2017 11:14:05 +1100") 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: Ben Sturmfels Cc: 29255@debbugs.gnu.org Hi Ben, Ben Sturmfels skribis: > So I think the bug is that the user interface could be more helpful here. > It should probably either tell you what happened and what you can do to > fix it, or offer to resolve the conflict/perform the upgrade for you. Would it be desirable or even feasible to resolve the conflict for you? I wouldn=E2=80=99t want the tool to remove installed packages without askin= g me, for instance. Could you suggest messages you=E2=80=99d like to see in this case? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.