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Re: Should updaters suggest changes to inputs?
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Vincent Legoll |
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Re: Should updaters suggest changes to inputs? |
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Mon, 12 Sep 2016 16:17:59 +0200 |
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Guix,
>
> one problem that I’ve stumbled upon with R packages is that new versions
> occasionally depend on new inputs. “guix refresh -u” updates the
> version number and the hash for me, but it doesn’t tell me that new
> inputs are needed — or that existing inputs have been dropped —
> according to upstream’s DESCRIPTION file.
>
> Usually, these things become obvious when I rebuild all updated
> packages, but it’s possible I miss something.
>
> Do you think “guix refresh” should also mention changes to inputs?
Looks a good idea, maybe with an additional -r / --recursive param...
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Vincent Legoll