GNU bug report logs - #25852
Users not updating their installations of Guix

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 21:13:02 UTC

Severity: important

Done: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 25852 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12 <at> thebird.nl>
To: Tomáš Čech <tcech <at> suse.com>
Cc: 25852 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Subject: Re: bug#25852: Users not updating their installations of Guix
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2017 09:25:11 +0000

On Sun, Mar 05, 2017 at 08:56:41AM +0100, Tomáš Čech wrote:
> And IMHO the best and also "Guix way" could be making guix-daemon aware of
> possible newer versions in /gnu/store and execing them instead...

Giving a loud warning should really be sufficient. The Guix way is to
have a system not surprise us by shifting the sand under our feet ;)


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