From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Shadow -> 4.4 Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 22:07:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87a8alo2xh.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20170119200636.2767-1-contact.ng0@cryptolab.net> <20170120051657.GA27443@jasmine> 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]:48161) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cUgPi-0004EF-Lr for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:08:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cUgPd-0006qv-VR for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:08:02 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20170120051657.GA27443@jasmine> (Leo Famulari's message of "Fri, 20 Jan 2017 00:16:57 -0500") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Leo Famulari Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Leo Famulari skribis: > On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 08:06:34PM +0000, contact.ng0@cryptolab.net wrote: >> Question: I don't prefer to crash and burn systems, which test is >> enough to show that it works? Reconfiguring one of my own systems? > > Yes. If it breaks your system, you can always reboot into an earlier > system generation. Another option is to use a VM. I tested both cases, > and it works for me. =E2=80=9Cmake check-system TESTS=3Dbasic=E2=80=9D is rather fast (as long a= s you don=E2=80=99t have to build QEMU and Linux-libre) and should catch serious issues. Ludo=E2=80=99.