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"guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
Cc: swedebugia <at> riseup.net, 33673 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33673: "guix system --help" does not detail how to use --on-error=strategy
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 18:10:06 +0100

Hi!

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

> On Sun, Dec 09, 2018 at 12:16:47AM +0100, Ludovic Courtès 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’s best to discuss what you have in mind first?
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Ludo’.
>> 
>
> 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 ‘--help’ output, the canonical
documentation being the Info manual.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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