On 11/07/2017 at 11:23 Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hello, > > myglc2 <myg...@gmail.com> skribis: > >> My system recently broke when I did an upgrade. I reported what I >> thought was a bug (bug#29072) but it turned out that, because qemu >> package code had been moved, my system configuration had become broken >> ;-( > > It should be noted that you were using a “developer setup”, specifically > running Guix from a checkout with ./pre-inst-env and all. > > The issue with the stale module wouldn’t happen with “guix pull”, which > is the recommended “user setup.” > > While I agree the situation is not ideal, I think we have to admit that > developers can always shoot themselves in the foot, and that was one way > of doing it. ;-) > > Thoughts? > > Ludo’.
I think I misinterpreted this earlier as dismissing the usability points. Now I think you are referring to the bug specifically, and from that point of view I agree. I have closed the bug as notabug. I posted thoughts/questions re use of "developer setup" by users and 'make clean-go' here ... http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2017-11/msg00080.html Best - George
