On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 03:36:38PM +0100, zimoun wrote: > If the origin does not exist upstream, then Guix try other servers as > fallback. For instance, [...] > downloading from > https://tarballs.nixos.org/sha256/1j8bsqzh49vjdxy6l1k4iwax5vpjzniynyd041xjavdzvfii1dlh > ...
> One potential issue is that the tarballs.nixos.org is using the checksum > as lookup key. Therefore, when modifying only the version and not the > checksum, the something is returned with an inconsistent name/content. Many of us discover this behaviour the hard way. It's not just about PyPi: this can happen with any download, unless something changed. Thanks for the detailed explanation!