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Re: Finding the store path of a package
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Konrad Hinsen |
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Re: Finding the store path of a package |
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Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:58:18 +0100 |
Hi Ludo,
> Here’s an example of how to do that:
Works fine, thanks!
> Why #:graft? #f? Because if you enable graft, you’ll potentially have
> to build/download the thing, and that wouldn’t buy you anything because
> the set of file names is the same in the grafted package.
OK, so that's the secret, because that's the only difference with what
I tried before.
One day I'll figure out how grafts work, but that day is not today ;-)
> For #2, there have been discussions about building a service that would
> create such a database—a mapping from file names to packages. It’s not
> possible to do with purely local knowledge because, by definition, you’d
> have to build/download every package. I don’t think it has materialized
> yet, though.
That would certainly be the best solution, but in the meantime, I'll go
ahead with what is possible today. In practice, I expect most such
queries to succeed because there are only a few packages that contain
popular commands, and those are usually in the store.
Cheers,
Konrad.
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