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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From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net>,34184 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#34184: Nitpick on reconfigure message: Installing for i386-pc	platform.
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 23:14:53 +0100

Le 23 janvier 2019 22:12:58 GMT+01:00, swedebugia <swedebugia <at> riseup.net> a écrit :
>"Installing for i386-pc platform.
>Installation finished. No error reported."
>
>After reboot:
>  $ uname -a
>Linux komputilo 4.20.3-gnu #1 SMP 1 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
>The i386 is technically incorrect according to 
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80386 and 
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64
>
>I think we should drop the line and keep "Installation finished. No 
>error reported."

Hi, this message is actually from grub-install and is perfectly correct: it means it's intalling in legacy (bios) mode. "No error reported" is also from grub and is very confusing…
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