From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: bug#39043: Channels error is too vague Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:40:15 +0100 Message-ID: <87tv54qmnk.fsf@gnu.org> References: <6922436f0629615cf95f09430ec2225dd8867702.camel@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:58205) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ipgUB-0005Uu-GH for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:41:04 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ipgUA-0000lT-Ga for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:41:03 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:47308) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ipgUA-0000kb-BZ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:41:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ipgUA-00075y-AN for bug-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:41:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-guix@gnu.org Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <6922436f0629615cf95f09430ec2225dd8867702.camel@gmail.com> (Jesse Gibbons's message of "Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:22:51 -0700") 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-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Jesse Gibbons Cc: 39043-done@debbugs.gnu.org Hi, Jesse Gibbons skribis: > When I create a channel and leave out %default-channels, it gives me an > error. "error: 'guix' channel is lacking". This is unclear. > I asked about it on IRC, and was told it refers to a channel called > guix. The error message should elaborate that guix expects a channel > with the name "guix". Commit f75243e17e3ff88582314bcb8450e654bb0b556b fixes it. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.