From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: bug#22740: Freshness check blocks upgrading Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2016 22:16:13 +0100 Message-ID: <874md0moo2.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20160219171209.GA530@solar> <87mvqv943a.fsf@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 ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33676) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXxqt-00077L-8I for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:17:08 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXxqo-0006zj-AY for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:17:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:41430) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aXxqo-0006zf-7a for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:17:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1aXxqo-0006ym-41 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:17:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87mvqv943a.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Kost's message of "Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:30:01 +0300") 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.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Alex Kost Cc: 22740@debbugs.gnu.org Alex Kost skribis: > 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 agree. I implemented it mostly for the fun of it and to demonstrate that we could possibly do =E2=80=9Cclever=E2=80=9D things with access to hi= gh-level package objects (the command could automatically offer to use the new source instead of the old one), but in practice it=E2=80=99s been largely annoying. Ludo=E2=80=99, waiting for the patch that removes it. :-)