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User story:

jgart tries to build a currently broken Python music package:

$ guix build -v 6 music21

Hmmm, what is the allowed input range for -v/--verbosity command line fla=
g?

$ guix build --help
-v, --verbosity=3DLEVEL  use the given verbosity LEVEL

Hmmm, what is the type and/or range of inputs that are valid for LEVEL?=
=20

Darn,=20I have to go find what the underlying implementation function tak=
es as a valid verbosity level in the source code instead of just reading =
the documentation output of `guix build --help`.=20

...but=20I just want to know everything that I need to know from just usi=
ng the CLI and its help system as the user.

jgart adds TODO to document the valid levels in the CLI verbosity option =
itself

jgart thinks but what if the help message on the valid levels is too long=
 once added?

jgart goes to get ice cream

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Subject: bug#63036: Acknowledgement (-v or --verbose CLI argument input is
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Subject: bug#63036: -v or --verbose CLI argument input is undocumented in the CLI
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Hi,

On Sun, 23 Apr 2023 at 15:27, "jgart" via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@HIDDEN> wrote:

> Hmmm, what is the type and/or range of inputs that are valid for
> LEVEL?

What about this patch?


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diff --git a/guix/scripts/build.scm b/guix/scripts/build.scm
index 72a24f91ac..35cb888c3b 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/build.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/build.scm
@@ -452,8 +452,10 @@ (define (show-help)
   -r, --root=FILE        make FILE a symlink to the result, and register it
                          as a garbage collector root"))
   (display (G_ "
-  -v, --verbosity=LEVEL  use the given verbosity LEVEL"))
-  (display (G_ "
+  -v, --verbosity=LEVEL  use the given verbosity LEVEL, range 0-3
+                         0 = no output, 1 = quiet, 2 = 1 + download URLs,
+                         3 = all on standard error"))
+    (display (G_ "
   -q, --quiet            do not show the build log"))
   (display (G_ "
       --log-file         return the log file names for the given derivations"))

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Cheers,
simon

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