GNU bug report logs - #63726
time-machine without options does not get the latest commit

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 18:34:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 63726 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes <at> inria.fr>
Cc: 63726 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#63726: time-machine without options does not get the latest
 commit
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:13:55 +0200

Hi Ludo,

> I had forgotten about this issue (my apologies…) and stumbled upon it
> again recently, which led me to approach it a bit differently:
>
>   https://issues.guix.gnu.org/65229
>
> Let me know what you think!

This looks good to me. In practice, I doubt anyone would use -q with
time-machine, because it makes more sense to specify an explicit channel
file every time. But for pull, I can well imaging using it in a
reproducibility-oriented setting.

Cheers,
  Konrad
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