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Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade
From: |
Roel Janssen |
Subject: |
Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 00:14:47 +0200 |
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Ludovic Courtès writes:
> Hi!
>
> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Roel Janssen (2016-07-23 18:11 +0300) wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Guix,
>>>
>>> For some time now, running `guix package --dry-run --upgrade' results in
>>> build actions involving grafting. For a dry-run, I find that really
>>> odd. I believe the correct behavior should be what can be achieved
>>> with: `guix package --dry-run --no-grafts --upgrade'.
>>
>> I'm totally agree with this; nowadays I always use --dry-run with
>> --no-grafts option.
>
> Same here…
>
>> As a user I expect that --dry-run means no building at all.
>>
>> BTW it's not just about ‘guix package --dry-run --upgrade’, it relates
>> to all commands, for example ‘guix build --dry-run foo’, etc.
>>
>> OTOH, if a future ‘--dry-run’ would mean what ‘--dry-run --no-grafts’
>> means now, than how to achieve what ‘--dry-run’ means now? Or rather:
>> does anyone use just --dry-run (without --no-grafts)? Is it really
>> useful?
>
> In theory it could be useful for ‘guix build’, since it’s a “low level”
> tool and people using it may want to be able to distinguish between
> grafted and non-grafted results.
>
> But honestly, I think changing ‘--dry-run’ to do ‘--dry-run --no-grafts’
> would be fine, and probably better than the current situation.
Could you provide some insight in where I should be looking to att the
check to 'graft?'?
Kind regards,
Roel Janssen
- Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Roel Janssen, 2016/07/23
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Leo Famulari, 2016/07/23
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Alex Kost, 2016/07/24
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/24
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Andreas Enge, 2016/07/25
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade,
Roel Janssen <=
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/26
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Roel Janssen, 2016/07/26
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/26
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Alex Kost, 2016/07/27
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/27
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Alex Kost, 2016/07/28
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/28
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Alex Kost, 2016/07/30
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Ludovic Courtès, 2016/07/30
- Re: Odd behavior with --dry-run and --upgrade, Alex Kost, 2016/07/26