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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use
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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:10:06 +0100
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Hi!

Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> skribis:

> On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 12:16:47AM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:

[...]

>> Improvements are always welcome of course.  The main criterion would be
>> to remain consistent with the rest of Guix and with GNU conventions that
>> we follow.  Maybe it=E2=80=99s best to discuss what you have in mind fir=
st?
>>=20
>> Thank you,
>> Ludo=E2=80=99.
>>=20
>
> I'd go with (one of: nothing-special, backtrace, debug)
> with the assumption that for more information the manual is more
> verbose.

Sounds good to me.  Would you like to send a patch?

> I also just noticed that we have 'man guix-system', which could be more
> verbose on the subject without needing to fit in a concise output.

Manual pages are generated from the =E2=80=98--help=E2=80=99 output, the ca=
nonical
documentation being the Info manual.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.