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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet
	or DNS connection
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 18:10:35 +0200
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To: Eus <eus@member.fsf.org>
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Hi!

Eus <eus@member.fsf.org> skribis:

> When downloading substitutes via wireless connection, several times I
> encountered a case where the host name of hydra cannot be
> resolved. So, the "guix system init" fails and suggests the use of
> "--fallback" option. However, rather than continuing with "guix system
> --fallback init", one should actually try "dhclient -v
> WIRELESS_INTERFACE_NAME" first and then do "guix system init" again
> instead of "guix system --fallback init". My installation process is
> now going well with this strategy. Previously, I kept using
> "--fallback" that didn't solve the problem due to network connectivity
> error because using "--fallback" brought up built errors.

Are you installing GuixSD 0.10.0?

I would personally find it weird to warn about the possibility of losing
Internet connection.  This is outside the scope of GuixSD, in a way.

WDYT?

However, in the past people reported that nscd, the name service cache
daemon, would sometimes fail without any good reason.  If you think that
is the case, then this is definitely a bug that we should be
addressing.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.