GNU bug report logs - #27261
guix package -u should warn about non-existent packages

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>

Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 00:50:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: guix package -u should warn about non-existent packages
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:48:43 -0400

In order to guard against users unwittingly using old software with
unpatched security flaws, "guix package -u" should issue a warning if
any packages in the profile that match the provided patterns are not
found in the set of available packages.

       Mark
This bug report was last modified 8 years and 51 days ago.

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