[bug#41164] [PATCH 0/3] Add 'guix graph --path'

[Ludovic Courtès]

zimoun <address@hidden> skribis:

> On Sun, 10 May 2020 at 18:18, zimoun <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> > ‘guix graph --path emacs libffi | xargs guix show’
>> >
>> > Though ‘guix show’ appears to ignore all but one argument, uh.
>>
>> Yes.  Because it is a pure alias of "guix package --show='.
>
> To be more explicit, it is because 'process-query' processes only one
> query.  Which makes sense in the context of "guix package", e.g.,
> "guix package --show=emacs --search=libffi" will be a bad idea, IMHO.
> BUt not necessary "guix package --show=emacs --show=libffi".  I do not
> know,.
>
> There is an easy fix in 'guix/scripts/show.scm':
>
>    (map (lambda opt (guix-package* opt)) (reverse opts))
>
> but I am thinking if something better is possible to fix "--show=emacs
> --show=libffi" too.

Let’s discuss it and above all fix it in a separate thread!  :-)

Ludo’.