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Re: lock files
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: lock files |
Date: |
Mon, 03 Oct 2022 23:18:05 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hi,
Dominic Martinez <dom@dominicm.dev> skribis:
> jgart <jgart@dismail.de> writes:
>
>> Does Guix have a concept of lock files?
>
> In Guix, instead of locking specific packages, you lock an entire Guix
> installation. You can see the "lock" for your current installation with
> the 'guix describe' command.
Yes. To complement that, see:
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/html_node/Replicating-Guix.html
BTW, I know it’s become widespread, but I find “lock file” to be a
confusing term (and indeed, Ricardo understood the historical meaning of
that term). “Version pinning” sounds like a more accurate description
of the concept to me.
HTH!
Ludo’.