GNU bug report logs - #42247
Channel news raise error on `guix pull`

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Message #18 received at 42247 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz>
Cc: 42247 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42247: Channel news raise error on `guix pull`
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2020 12:27:39 +0200

Hi,

Pierre Neidhardt <mail <at> ambrevar.xyz> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> This suggests that the ‘news.scm’ file of your channel is being picked
>> up and evaluated as if it were a module, which it’s not.
>>
>> The solution is to rename it to, say, ‘news.txt’, or to move the actual
>> modules to a sub-directory and specify that in ‘.guix-channel’ (info
>> "(guix) Channels").
>
> Thanks for the hint, this works indeed!
>
> 1. Is there anything we can do to catch this error and output a more
> intelligible error message?

I don’t think so: Guile is just doing its job and picking up .scm
files.

> 2. I suggest we document this pitfall in the documentation.

Yup, makes sense; would you like to send a patch?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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