GNU bug report logs - #64059
Sudden unexplained error during guix pull: "channel dependency has an invalid introduction field"

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From: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>
To: "N. Y." <ningyuan.sg <at> gmail.com>, 64059 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64059: Sudden unexplained error during guix pull: "channel
 dependency has an invalid introduction field"
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 11:19:53 +0200

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Hi Ning,

"N. Y." <ningyuan.sg <at> gmail.com> writes:

> The error is "channel dependency has an invalid introduction field," but
> the introduction fields of my custom channels have the same form as those I
> use for GNU guix and nonguix channels which I can pull without errors; and
> the channel introductions and GPG fingerprints are unchanged from the last
> time I was able to pull successfully (I have the channels.scm file under
> version control).

I've purposefully added this new error to warn users that their
.guix-channel's introduction forms were erroneous.  Previously, they
were silently being dropped.  The formats in a channels.scm file and in
the .guix-channel file are *not* the same!  Please see "(guix) Declaring
Channel Dependencies" for an example of the format.

Best,
-- 
Josselin Poiret

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