From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Nov 22 13:16:41 2022 Received: (at 59485) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Nov 2022 18:16:41 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52518 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oxXp3-0006lD-8Y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:16:41 -0500 Received: from linode.us-core.com ([23.239.4.72]:39546) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1oxXoy-0006kz-Jf for 59485@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2022 13:16:40 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=2017; bh=fcj7wmNx3PYD9W6 zobkVVDS8k+8MFBujFiX0rTNEbK8=; h=cc:to:subject:date:from:in-reply-to: references; d=lease-up.com; b=F5XebEacttpvyU8XM9WdQ/lrI3c2Vsh8g7gXohCF IooznmgzVE26RJGDFhC19jqY21zyHI51zJ30vcORe6WeNkSItV92xDWojec8FnWjbDRWyI 4x2rU6+Gb10UvnHt16WYGCYINnFlrfBRdo/sK5TFJLZdMa1lKGTHGIHhkmjiY= Received: by linode.us-core.com (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id c31d6790 (TLSv1.3:AEAD-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256:NO) for <59485@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 22 Nov 2022 18:16:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lj1-f181.google.com with SMTP id b9so18872672ljr.5 for <59485@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:16:33 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pm4LDU1VB/lXzKZdTGjKYqVbL3B8A+RtYeUkTUgWH1aKZi5zgQg 15D+P+A6LIQXdSzqp0kCboZUutXfF300AuVGDrk= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf616ZNZy7kr9X/vx2AgSwORNBcnEq/qB6Yx6Qq90dcm1QrBTO4MiITAcFtvCrtEUgIqNkmJT/5GDGw6sRKTD1c= X-Received: by 2002:a05:651c:88d:b0:278:f53c:380d with SMTP id d13-20020a05651c088d00b00278f53c380dmr2203905ljq.1.1669140991953; Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:16:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <015EB6EB-7053-487D-8572-E5D32DA90240@lepiller.eu> In-Reply-To: <015EB6EB-7053-487D-8572-E5D32DA90240@lepiller.eu> From: Felix Lechner Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:15:55 -0800 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#59485: 'guix system list-generations' identifies wrong generation as current To: Julien Lepiller Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 59485 Cc: 59485@debbugs.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: -1.0 (-) Hi, On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 9:22 AM Julien Lepiller wrote: > > Current system generation identifies the one that would boot by default. = Basically, booted =E2=89=A0 current. Okay, thanks for the explanation! I was confused since 'guix system delete-generations' also refused to drop the defective generation. A kind user on IRC suggested the use of 'roll-back'. I see how that is consistent, but still think the labeling is imprecise. Maybe we could instead offer the designations "(default)" and maybe also "(booted)"? Kind regards Felix Lechner