(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
Consider this:
$ ./pre-inst-env guix import elpa -r syslog
$ echo $?
0
And now this:
$ ./pre-inst-env guix import elpa syslog
guix import: error: failed to download package 'syslog'
$ echo $?
1
The recursive importer swallows the error.
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Ricardo