Re: Error messages and progress report

2012-12-12 Thread Ludovic Courtès 
Andreas Enge andr...@enge.fr skribis:

 Am Mittwoch, 12. Dezember 2012 schrieb Ludovic Courtès:
  As for the rough edges, installing the hello package twice results in
  an error message, too.
 Commit 1c67d63 fixes that.

 Thanks! Now I can install hello over and over again :-)

Excellent!  I think this is a salient feature that we should promote.
:-)

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Re: New package: FPLLL

2012-12-12 Thread Ludovic Courtès 
Hi Andreas!

Andreas Enge andr...@enge.fr skribis:

 Here is a recipe:

Thanks!  I could add it, but in the long run I’d prefer patches as
produced by ‘git format-patch’, which has the advantage of being readily
applicable, and preserving authorship.  Would it be possible for you?

(license LGPLv2.1)

It seems to be LGPLv2.1+ rather.

 It could go into multiprecision.scm, or get its own file.

Yes, multiprecision.scm would seem like a good option to me.  WDYT?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Re: [PATCH] Typos in documentation

2012-12-12 Thread Ludovic Courtès 
Thanks for catching these!

I applied most of the changes.  See below (nitpicking ahead!).

Andreas Enge andr...@enge.fr skribis:

 --- guix.alt/doc/guix.texi2012-12-11 21:53:49.0 +0100
 +++ guix/doc/guix.texi2012-12-11 22:20:49.0 +0100
 @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
  @cindex package store
  The result of package build functions is @dfn{cached} in the file
  system, in a special directory called the @dfn{package store}.  In
 -practice, each package is installed in a directory of its own, in the
 +practice, each package is installed in a subdirectory of its own in the

A sub-directory is also a directory.  Saying that it’s under /nix/store
should make the “sub” part clear, IMO.

 -scripts, etc.  This direct correspondence allows users to make sure a
 +scripts, etc..  This direct correspondence allows users to make sure a

I think the two periods would look odd, typographically.

 -Primarily, @var{options} specify the operations to be performed during
 +Primarily, @var{options} specifies the operations to be performed during

A trick meant to be equivalent to “the options listed in @var{options}”.

Thanks!

Ludo’.