> Exactly. So I don’t think it’s a bug per se, just that no substitutes > were unavailable when you checked.
The documentation gives me the impression that it should work without substitutes, when I have the package installed. > > I think we can close the bug, WDYT? I think guix size should automatically search for the grafted version, unless there is a technical reason/another use-case for guix size that I'm not aware of, for which it makes more sense to use the ungrafted version. If that's the case, maybe say that in the documentation? -- GPG: 7FDE 7190 2F73 2C50 236E 403D CC13 48F1 E644 08EC
From 337bf474edc91c09bf172091ed2c6ec4cb6e5f94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Castillo <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 12:14:18 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Add note to guix size * doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix size): Note that guix size ignores grafted packages in the store. --- doc/guix.texi | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index a771ab7ae..72768b8cc 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -6945,7 +6945,8 @@ When the package passed to @command{guix size} is available in the store, @command{guix size} queries the daemon to determine its dependencies, and measures its size in the store, similar to @command{du -ms --apparent-size} (@pxref{du invocation,,, coreutils, GNU -Coreutils}). +Coreutils}). Note that @command{guix size} only looks for the +ungrafted package. When the given package is @emph{not} in the store, @command{guix size} reports information based on the available substitutes -- 2.17.0
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