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Subject: Re: ftp Re: --with-store-dir and/or --localstatedir seem to be ignored
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Alex Vorobiev <alexander.vorobiev@gmail.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>>=20
>> Alex Vorobiev <alexander.vorobiev <at> gmail.com> skribis:
>>=20
>> > Thanks! I pulled the master from git and rebuilt/reinstalled guix. Now=
=20
> I=20
>> > don't see that error! But I do see another one:
>> >
>> > $ guix package -i bash
>> > looking for the latest release of GNU bash...FTP to `ftp.gnu.org'=20
> failed:
>> > 530: User access denied.
>>=20
>> This is annoying but harmless: =E2=80=98guix package=E2=80=99 is looking=
 for the latest
>> Bash version available at ftp.gnu.org to tell you whether a newer one is
>> available upstream.  Here it cannot do that, so it just proceeds with
>> installation.
>
> Hi,
> How is it harmless? The error just causes the command to show the backtra=
ce=20
> and quit. It does not proceed with the installation.

I actually experience the same thing yesterday on a network that blocked
FTP, and noticed that this was indeed not working as intended.

Commit 820a403 fixes that (you can get it with =E2=80=9Cguix pull=E2=80=9D.)

Thanks!

Ludo=E2=80=99.