GNU bug report logs - #38608
enable --fallback for the guix graphical installer

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From: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: enable --fallback for the guix graphical installer
Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:45:06 -0600

I can't install guix because I keep getting substitute download errors.

It's really punishing having to restart the install process after a
download error.

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From: Brett Gilio <brettg <at> gnu.org>
To: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 38608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38608: enable --fallback for the guix graphical installer
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:02:36 -0600

Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I can't install guix because I keep getting substitute download errors.
>
> It's really punishing having to restart the install process after a
> download error.
>

I actually don't know how our installer works that well, so I am going
to leave the issue of whether to default to `--fallback` is the right
decision to somebody else.

However, for anybody reading this: does our installer dump logs
anywhere? That seems like a more useful bit of information so we can
triage and possibily fix why you are not receiving substitutes.

-- 
Brett M. Gilio
GNU Guix, Contributor | GNU Project, Webmaster
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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 38608-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38608: enable --fallback for the guix graphical installer
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 18:28:04 +0100

Hi Nathan,

Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> I can't install guix because I keep getting substitute download errors.

It would be interesting to see which substitute was causing an error, if
you still have that information.  That shouldn’t happen.

> It's really punishing having to restart the install process after a
> download error.

Agreed.  Fixed in a4ee6ac444ca71a93101b48bc1e6a5710026266c.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Message #16 received at 38608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Brett Gilio <brettg <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com>, 38608 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38608: enable --fallback for the guix graphical installer
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 18:28:51 +0100

Brett Gilio <brettg <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> Nathan Dehnel <ncdehnel <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I can't install guix because I keep getting substitute download errors.
>>
>> It's really punishing having to restart the install process after a
>> download error.
>>
>
> I actually don't know how our installer works that well, so I am going
> to leave the issue of whether to default to `--fallback` is the right
> decision to somebody else.
>
> However, for anybody reading this: does our installer dump logs
> anywhere? That seems like a more useful bit of information so we can
> triage and possibily fix why you are not receiving substitutes.

The “GUI” dumps logs in /tmp upon crashes, but in this case it’s not a
GUI issue, so there’s no log around.

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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