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From: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
To: 22740@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22740: Freshness check blocks upgrading
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 18:12:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160219171209.GA530@solar> (raw)

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 think we update packages sufficiently often and the message is rather
distracting.

Andreas

             reply	other threads:[~2016-02-19 17:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-19 17:12 Andreas Enge [this message]
2016-02-20  6:25 ` bug#22740: Freshness check blocks upgrading Leo Famulari
2016-02-20  9:13   ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-02-20  8:30 ` Alex Kost
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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