GNU bug report logs - #56799
(gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:25:02 UTC

Severity: important

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>, 56799 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#56799: (gnu services configuration) usage of *unspecified* is problematic
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2022 12:00:34 +0200

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On 01-08-2022 07:08, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
>         (quote
>          ("/gnu/store/14flr53fr0hs7mzfwn93kmyzrnb3fhjz-dummy-jami-account.gz"))
>         (quote
>          (*unspecified*))
>         (quote
>          (*unspecified*))

These lines look suspicious to me -- should they have done (list 
*unspecified*) instead of '(*unspecified*)?

The former uses the actual unspecified object, the latter uses the 
symbol '*unspecified*' that merely happens to be the name of a variable 
the unspecified object is bound to.

Greetings,
Maxime.


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