Re: guix package -r *downloads* new packages?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Hartmut,

Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden> skribis:

> I tried cleaning up my system. But when I did "guix package -r …", it
> started to build derivations and download stuff.

[...]

> $ guix package -r guix
> warning: failed to install locale: Invalid argument
> The following package will be removed:
>    guix 0.10.0-0.e901  
> /gnu/store/vw26xsn24jmrijn939fjjk50m5i4hfq3-guix-0.10.0-0.e901
>
> substitute: updating list of substitutes from
> 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> The following derivations will be built:
>    /gnu/store/4mdahqlzar6fl9f9cx6i16561x2yclwx-profile.drv
>    /gnu/store/2pn3gbhq7hnnh8kzwblihlw8f34irkgg-module-import.drv
>    /gnu/store/j46m2a8fnxklnckiqkn7r9id6jhs94s1-module-import-compiled.drv
>    /gnu/store/zhdym8ynv7sbr1iiaj917ln1z1ris2zw-gtk-icon-themes.drv
>    /gnu/store/plq1855s06gi77x3qbsyp4217ssn635i-info-dir.drv
>    /gnu/store/n1kdin8g51m6dd7ds8hiv8pgv20dczki-fonts-dir.drv
>    /gnu/store/lcp53c781kk1d6fxr2xm4dhfm1fgv9x1-ca-certificate-bundle.drv
>    /gnu/store/19ngbl2rmvag3dgsii8pkfmhzbg3zbx8-xdg-mime-database.drv
> The following files will be downloaded:
>    /gnu/store/ik15p8lrbk6jfa3fs3x34m78lj2c0ix1-guile-2.0.11
>    /gnu/store/1vmfjpapw15nmhdw3hvrkdp8k933j518-module-import-compiled
>    /gnu/store/f9m713c1v5db09b0asxd3mifdskllbri-texinfo-6.1

This is counter-intuitive but expected.  First of all, the profile is
built by running a Guile program, so Guile needs to be available if it’s
not already there.

Secondly, when the profile is built, a number of “profile hooks” are
run.  We can see them above: gtk-icon-themes builds a registry of the
installed GTK+ themes (which requires GTK+), info-dir builds the Info
documentation directory (which requires Texinfo), and so on.

Most of these hooks do not pull additional dependencies (for instance,
the GTK+ hook uses the GTK+ that you already have), but some do (the
Info hooks pulls in Texinfo).

HTH!

Ludo’.