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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a4aa1b67fa..a97436cc0c 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -5995,6 +5995,25 @@ For the @code{vm-image} and @code{disk-image} actions, create an image of the given @var{size}. @var{size} may be a number of bytes, or it may include a unit as a suffix (@pxref{Block size, size specifications,, coreutils, GNU Coreutils}). + +@item --on-error=@var{strategy} +Apply @var{strategy} when an error occurs when reading @var{file}. +@var{strategy} may be one of the following: + +@table @code +@item nothing-special +Report the error concisely and exit. This is the default strategy. + +@item backtrace +Likewise, but also display a backtrace. + +@item debug +Report the error and enter Guile's debugger. From there, you can run +commands such as @code{,bt} to get a backtrace, @code{,locals} to +display local variable values, and more generally inspect the program's +state. @xref{Debug Commands,,, guile, GNU Guile Reference Manual}, for +a list of available debugging commands. +@end table @end table Note that all the actions above, except @code{build} and @code{init}, |