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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From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>, 63726 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#63726: time-machine without options does not get the latest commit
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:55:04 +0200
Hi,

On Thu, 25 May 2023 at 23:03, Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

>> Now, what I am missing.  The manual says:
>>
>>        As for ‘guix pull’, the absence of any options means that the latest
>>     commit on the master branch will be used.  The command
>>
>>          guix time-machine -- build hello
>>
>>        will thus build the package ‘hello’ as defined in the master branch,
>>     which is in general a newer revision of Guix than you have installed.
>>     Time travel works in both directions!

[...]

> Should we fix the doc or should we fix the code?…

All seems fixed so let close it?

Cheers,
simon




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