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To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
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Hello Mathieu,

Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com> ezt =C3=ADrta (id=C5=91pont: 2018. =
dec.
9., V, 2:15):
>
>
> Hey Ludo,
>
> > I suppose that if you run =E2=80=9Chalt=E2=80=9D or =E2=80=9Creboot=E2=
=80=9D, everything is terminated
> > properly, right?  I=E2=80=99m not sure if you should worry beyond that;=
 in
> > general, it=E2=80=99s reasonable to assume that people will reboot when=
 the
> > installation is over, no?
>
> Yes it is. My concern is when the guix system init command fails because
> let's say the network went down, in that case forcing the user to reboot
> and restart the install process seems painful, don't you think?

Can't we offer here the option to retry the failed step? i.e. guix system i=
nit
in this case? I mean we have everything set up to simply retry. Does
that make sense?

>
> Thanks,
>
> Mathieu
>

g_bor