GNU bug report logs - #58308
guix import -r swallows errors

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2022 15:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: guix import -r swallows errors
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 17:37:23 +0200

Consider this:

   $ ./pre-inst-env guix import elpa -r syslog
   $ echo $?
   0

And now this:

   $ ./pre-inst-env guix import elpa syslog
   guix import: error: failed to download package 'syslog'
   $ echo $?
   1

The recursive importer swallows the error.

-- 
Ricardo
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