From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jan 13 20:55:38 2022 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jan 2022 01:55:38 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34933 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1n8BoY-0005B4-Fi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:55:38 -0500 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:51972) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1n8BoV-0005At-HK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:55:36 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:42666) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n8BoU-0000SM-3C for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:55:35 -0500 Received: from smtp.polymtl.ca ([132.207.4.11]:43980) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1n8BoL-0000U9-Po for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:55:31 -0500 Received: from localhost (modemcable094.169-200-24.mc.videotron.ca [24.200.169.94]) by smtp.polymtl.ca (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 20E1t9Ba025705 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:55:14 -0500 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.polymtl.ca 20E1t9Ba025705 From: Olivier Dion To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: [bug#53238] [PATCH] gnu: tree: Remove stddata feature. In-Reply-To: <87a6fzchid.fsf@nckx> References: <87ee5bcqhy.fsf@nckx> <87ee5bwdzw.fsf@laura> <87a6fzchid.fsf@nckx> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:55:09 -0500 Message-ID: <87bl0fw076.fsf@laura> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Poly-FromMTA: (modemcable094.169-200-24.mc.videotron.ca [24.200.169.94]) at Fri, 14 Jan 2022 01:55:09 +0000 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.207.4.11; envelope-from=olivier.dion@polymtl.ca; helo=smtp.polymtl.ca X-Spam_score_int: -41 X-Spam_score: -4.2 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit Cc: 53238@debbugs.gnu.org, guix-patches@gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) On Thu, 13 Jan 2022, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > Hullo Olivier, > > I was going to apply the patch below to fix the password-store=20 > package, but Maxime just submitted another version which I prefer.=20 > I'd rather not provide two trees in Guix. I'm fine with both solutions. In the end, password-store is not broken, only its test suite. > Olivier Dion =E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A >> I've contacted the maintainer asking for removal of the feature in >> its next release. > > After some consideration, I think it's an interesting feature.=20 > Something like this is long overdue. > > I don't know if this approach is the right one, but I'll=20 > begrudgingly settle for JSON if it finally catches on=E2=80=A6 Just to be clear that the JSON is still there with the switch -J. I just think that using some random file descriptor like this is a path to break many tools. Any program that open a file and try to do a popen(3) with "tree" for its output will get bitten by it. It's not like if `stddata` is some common knowledge outside of the PowerShell world. >> and believe me when I say that this is not an easy bug to track=20 >> down ;-). > > Fully agree! I wasted too much time trying to track it down=20 > myself. I blame password-store's spaghetto of redirection more=20 > than tree. Happy to know I'm not the only one who spend way too much time on this ^^ --=20 Olivier Dion Polymtl