GNU bug report logs - #34184
Nitpick on reconfigure message: Installing for i386-pc platform.

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Package: guix;

Reported by: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>

Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 21:23:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 34184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
To: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 34184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34184: Nitpick on reconfigure message: Installing for
 i386-pc platform.
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:40:41 -0500

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On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 10:12:58PM +0100, swedebugia wrote:
> "Installing for i386-pc platform.
> Installation finished. No error reported."

This message comes from GRUB. Not having read the GRUB docs closely, I
assume it refers to the bootloader style ("PC" vs EFI) rather than the
CPU architecture.

I agree it's a bit misleading, especially to non-technical users. I
wonder how it could be improved, however?

In the long run, I think we should offer a graphical interface to `guix
system`, `guix package`, etc, and in that case non-technical users would
never see this message.

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