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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: manifest load error report.
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 22:17:51 +0100
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To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
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Hi,

Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com> skribis:

> When loading a manifest with an obvious error like "definee
> packages-list" instead of "define package-list", no error is reported,
> the "guix package -m manifest.scm command just exit with error 1.

Really?  I have this:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix package -m ~/t.scm
guix package: error: failed to load '/home/ludo/t.scm':
/home/ludo/t.scm:1:0: /home/ludo/t.scm:1:0: In procedure module-lookup: Unb=
ound variable: definieee
$ cat ~/t.scm
(definieee foo bar)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

> When using load instead of load* in a guile repl, the error is correctly
> reported :
>
> /home/mathieu/manifest.scm:1:0: /home/mathieu/manifest.scm:1:0: definee: =
unbound variable
>
> Entering a new prompt.  Type `,bt' for a backtrace or `,q' to continue.
>
> Pusing a bit the investigation, it seems that in the pre-unwind-handler
> of load* in (guix ui), the "make-stack" call returns #f.

When =E2=80=98make-stack=E2=80=99 returns #f, that=E2=80=99s OK: it just me=
ans we won=E2=80=99t be able
to display a backtrace.

HTH,
Ludo=E2=80=99.