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diff --git a/guix/ui.scm b/guix/ui.scm
index 1428c254b3..b01bb3d587 100644
--- a/guix/ui.scm
+++ b/guix/ui.scm
@@ -1431,10 +1431,22 @@ converted to a space; sequences of more than one line break are preserved."
(with-fluids ((%default-port-encoding "UTF-8"))
(stexi->plain-text (texi-fragment->stexi str))))
+(define (texi->plain-text* package str)
+ "Same as 'texi->plain-text', but gracefully handle Texinfo errors."
+ (catch 'parser-error
+ (lambda ()
+ (texi->plain-text str))
+ (lambda args
+ (warning (package-location package)
+ (G_ "~a: invalid Texinfo markup~%")
+ (package-full-name package))
+ str)))
+
(define (package-field-string package field-accessor)
"Return a plain-text representation of PACKAGE field."
(and=> (field-accessor package)
- (compose texi->plain-text P_)))
+ (lambda (str)
+ (texi->plain-text* package (P_ str)))))
(define (package-description-string package)
"Return a plain-text representation of PACKAGE description field."
@@ -1555,7 +1567,8 @@ HYPERLINKS? is true, emit hyperlink escape sequences when appropriate."
(parameterize ((%text-width width*))
;; Call 'texi->plain-text' on the concatenated string to account
;; for the width of "description:" in paragraph filling.
- (texi->plain-text
+ (texi->plain-text*
+ p
(string-append "description: "
(or (and=> (package-description p) P_)
""))))
@@ -2085,10 +2098,17 @@ contain a 'define-command' form."
(lambda (command)
(eq? category (command-category command))))
- (format #t (G_ "Usage: guix COMMAND ARGS...
-Run COMMAND with ARGS.\n"))
+ (display (G_ "Usage: guix OPTION | COMMAND ARGS...
+Run COMMAND with ARGS, if given.\n"))
+
+ (display (G_ "
+ -h, --help display this helpful text again and exit"))
+ (display (G_ "
+ -V, --version display version and copyright information and exit"))
+ (newline)
+
(newline)
- (format #t (G_ "COMMAND must be one of the sub-commands listed below:\n"))
+ (display (G_ "COMMAND must be one of the sub-commands listed below:\n"))
(let ((commands (commands))
(categories (module-ref (resolve-interface '(guix scripts))