pkill9 <[email protected]> skribis: >> > Maybe if the length/version is different, then a symlink could be >> > created in the store pointing to the new dependency, with a >> > name/version that matches the length of the original dependency's >> > store name? Perhaps this new name/version could be something like >> > /gnu/store/...-original-dependency-name-gggggg, where 'g..' matches >> > the length of the version of the original dependency. The many 'g's >> > would make it clear that it is a graft. Then if someone looks in >> > the store, they would see it's a symlink too. >> >> That only works if the new name is shorter than the old name though. >> When the new name is longer (which is a more common case in our >> experience when introducing package replacements, typically because >> the new version string is longer), nothing can be done. > > I'm confused about what you mean. Why would it matter if the new > name is longer than the old name?
All I’m saying is that nothing can be done when the new name is longer than the old one: we just cannot graft. Ludo’.
