GNU bug report logs - #22598
'info guix' fails on guixSD

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Package: guix;

Reported by: myglc2 <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 12:51:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: myglc2 <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: 'info guix' fails on guixSD
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 07:50:46 -0500

'man guix' is quite likely the first thing a new user types. The man
page is a stub to 'info guix'...

GUIX(1)
[...]
       If the info and guix programs are properly installed  at  your
       site, the command

              info guix

       should give you access to the complete manual.

However, on guixSD, 'info guix' produces 'bash: info: command not
found'.

While this result is technically understandable, it does seem rather
user-unfriendly.

Work arounds (tested on guixSD) are ...

1    guix environment guix
     info guix

2    tell the user that if info doesn't work, install it.

But both of these seem like bad things to say on the first man page.

From a usability point of view, it would probably be best to include
info in the global guixSD packages.

SIDE THOUGHT:

I love reading and using info in emacs. However, I will do almost
anything to avoid having to use the actual info program. I expect many
potential guix users are the same, or, more likely, have never heard of
info.

To improve the "man-points-to-info" man strategy (which I fully support)
perhaps guixSD and guix should include a user-friendly info reader and
the man page should point to that.
Reply sent to ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès):
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Notification sent to myglc2 <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Mon, 08 Feb 2016 22:51:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)
To: myglc2 <myglc2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 22598-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22598: 'info guix' fails on guixSD
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:49:49 +0100

myglc2 <myglc2 <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> However, on guixSD, 'info guix' produces 'bash: info: command not
> found'.

Indeed, not great.  Fixed in 939c5c3.

Thanks!

Ludo’.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:24:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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