Hi, For context, see [1].
On Fri, 18 Mar 2022 at 14:50, zimoun <[email protected]> wrote: > guix gc > guix install python-ipython -p tools > guix gc > guix install python-ipython -p tools > > I am surprised that: > > 1. the second GC collects things > 2. the second install downloads things > > especially by this line: > > python-ipython-7.27.0 892KiB 4.6MiB/s 00:00 [##################] 100.0% > > > Well, it is because of grafts. The profile contains the grafted > version and the installation expect first the non-grafted for computing > the graft. For instance: [...] > Well, I was expecting that this composition: > > guix gc && guix install > > was "idempotent" in a way. :-) And to me, the fact that it is not is > somehow a bug. Maybe, it is already well-known and not considered as > bug. I still think it’s a kind of bug but (1) it’s possible to workaround when using guix-daemon option --gc-keep-derivations and --gc-keep-outputs and (2) no much interest after 1371 days… Therefore, I’m closing. Feel free to reopen on Codeberg mentioning this one. :-) Cheers, simon 1: bug#54495: unexpected download after gc zimoun <[email protected]> Fri, 18 Mar 2022 14:50:01 +0100 id:[email protected] https://issues.guix.gnu.org/54495 https://issues.guix.gnu.org/msgid/[email protected] https://yhetil.org/guix/[email protected]
