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bug#66358: Can't import package using archive command
From: |
Tobias Geerinckx-Rice |
Subject: |
bug#66358: Can't import package using archive command |
Date: |
Mon, 09 Oct 2023 14:25:51 +0200 |
retitle 66358 ‘guix archive --{authorize,import,…}’ are really
subcommands + ignore some arguments
thanks
Hi Daniel,
The error is correct, so I sure hope it's reproducible!
Later options cancel out previous ones, so your ‘--authorize’ action
takes precedence over ‘--import’. You're passing it a binary .nar
archive as a private key (which is an s-expression).
Boom.
Instead:
1. guix archive --export hello > hello.nar
2. guix archive --authorize < export-host.private-key
3. guix archive --import < hello.nar
Note that you had an extra ‘hello’ in your --import command as well.
Please note that it does nothing. Option parsing in Guix is
surprisingly lax.
I started thinking about a nice way to make ‘--action’ options mutually
exclusive, but reconsidered. I think it would violate POLA if not
POSIX.
I think it would be less surprising if these ‘single, mutually exclusive
actions’ should always be (sub)subcommands, e.g., ‘guix archive import’,
‘guix archive authorize’, …
I don't know if that change is still worth making here.
Kind regards,
T G-R
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