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Channels error is too vague

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#39043: closed (Re: bug#39043: Channels error is too vague)
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 22:41:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#39043: Channels error is too vague

which was filed against the guix package, has been closed.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 39043-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39043: Channels error is too vague
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 23:40:15 +0100

Hi,

Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357 <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> When I create a channel and leave out %default-channels, it gives me an
> error. "error: 'guix' channel is lacking". This is unclear.
> I asked about it on IRC, and was told it refers to a channel called
> guix. The error message should elaborate that guix expects a channel
> with the name "guix".

Commit f75243e17e3ff88582314bcb8450e654bb0b556b fixes it.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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From: Jesse Gibbons <jgibbons2357 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Channels error is too vague
Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:22:51 -0700

When I create a channel and leave out %default-channels, it gives me an
error. "error: 'guix' channel is lacking". This is unclear.
I asked about it on IRC, and was told it refers to a channel called
guix. The error message should elaborate that guix expects a channel
with the name "guix".

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