Re: successful installation, but problems updating

[Chris Marusich]

Hi Leo,

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> writes:

> Substition is considered to fail when Guix is expecting a substitute but
> the server returns 404, 504, or some other unexpected problem occurs. It
> is not considered to fail if the server initially reports that no
> substitute is available.

Thank you for the clarification.  This is what I did not understand.  I
read the manual and got the impression that when --fallback has not been
given, if a given substitute cannot be found (regardless of whether or
not a substitute server claimed to provide one), then Guix will not
build it.  I see now that my understanding was mistaken.

I've attached a patch which tries to clarify this in the manual.  What
do you think of it?

-- 
Chris

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