From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
Cc: 22740@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22740: Freshness check blocks upgrading
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:30:01 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87mvqv943a.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160219171209.GA530@solar> (Andreas Enge's message of "Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:12:09 +0100")
Andreas Enge (2016-02-19 20:12 +0300) wrote:
> Hello,
>
> when upgrading packages, there is a check for new GNU releases.
> In the presence of network problems preventing to reach the corresponding
> servers, the command "guix package -u" hangs indefinitely.
>
> It would be nice to add a (short) time-out to the procedure looking
> for updates, or better yet, to add a command line flag to turn it off:
> Even when the servers are reachable, checking for new versions takes
> a considerable amount of time that can be saved in many circumstances.
>
> Personally, I would not even mind turning this feature off completely;
I totally agree with this! I didn't like it since the very beginning.
> I think we update packages sufficiently often and the message is rather
> distracting.
--
Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-20 8:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-19 17:12 bug#22740: Freshness check blocks upgrading Andreas Enge
2016-02-20 6:25 ` Leo Famulari
2016-02-20 9:13 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-02-20 8:30 ` Alex Kost [this message]
2016-02-22 21:16 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-02-23 8:54 ` Alex Kost
2016-02-23 9:18 ` Andreas Enge
2016-02-24 15:59 ` Alex Kost
2016-02-23 17:07 ` Ludovic Courtès
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