"Björn Höfling" <bjoern.hoefl...@bjoernhoefling.de> skrev: (25 februari 2019 17:24:56 CET) >I noticed that if you call "guix COMMAND" for some COMMANDs without any >options given, they produce something which is not very useful to the >user. I first noticed it with guix pack: > >When "guix pack" is run without any options, it builds an empty pack: > >$ guix pack >/gnu/store/2ys9fn6h95209piqhyxli5pf2c4mp7zp-tarball-pack.tar.gz >$ tar tzvf >/gnu/store/2ys9fn6h95209piqhyxli5pf2c4mp7zp-tarball-pack.tar.gz >drwxrwxr-t root/root 0 1970-01-01 01:00 ./gnu/store/ >dr-xr-xr-x root/root 0 1970-01-01 01:00 >./gnu/store/w659mjmzwyhv62sd35y2pv5nrg5xkl7j-profile/ >dr-xr-xr-x root/root 0 1970-01-01 01:00 >./gnu/store/w659mjmzwyhv62sd35y2pv5nrg5xkl7j-profile/etc/ >-r--r--r-- root/root 414 1970-01-01 01:00 >./gnu/store/w659mjmzwyhv62sd35y2pv5nrg5xkl7j-profile/etc/profile >-r--r--r-- root/root 37 1970-01-01 01:00 >./gnu/store/w659mjmzwyhv62sd35y2pv5nrg5xkl7j-profile/manifest > >I think from a user perspective it would be better to print a help >message and not build an empty pack. > >On the other hand, I tried out other guix commands and at least it is a >consistent behaviour, they start with the default values, like "guix >graph" outputs just an empty graph. > >"guix system" complains it needs a subcommand, which is a different >case. > >But then again we have this complaint: > >guix system container >guix system: error: wrong number of arguments for action 'container' > >WDYT? > >Björn
I think we should print helpful hints or the contents of --help in these situations. -- Sent from my k-9 mail for Android.
