On 29/11/2024 16:12, Simon Tournier wrote:
Do you mean
https://yhetil.org/guix/88266131-fd36-48da-bfb8-5876a4547...@btinternet.com
Yes, that's the thread I was referring to.
I am not sure to understand the question. IIRC, Clément tries to
manage third-party packages of IceCat with Guix. Well, I am not sure to
well understand, both your question and Clément work. :-)
The present thread (as opposed to the linked thread) isn't just about
IceCat - AFAICT, this problem applies to all Guix packages:
Imagine I install some Guix package. For concreteness, let's say the
package is IceCat 115.15.0, but again, I think the problem occurs in all
Guix packages. Guix installs the package in a directory
/gnu/store/c93r1gl7li1sy2p7r2chkg94gskjz6z4-icecat-115.15.0-guix1
Now I launch the GUI Gnome Tweaks app, and use it to add IceCat to the
startup applications list. This creates a file
$HOME/.config/autostart/icecat.desktop
which includes the lines
Exec=/gnu/store/c93r1gl7li1sy2p7r2chkg94gskjz6z4-icecat-115.15.0-guix1/bin/icecat
%u
Exec=/gnu/store/c93r1gl7li1sy2p7r2chkg94gskjz6z4-icecat-115.15.0-guix1/bin/icecat
-new-window
Exec=/gnu/store/c93r1gl7li1sy2p7r2chkg94gskjz6z4-icecat-115.15.0-guix1/bin/icecat
-private-window
which causes IceCat to be launched automatically when I start a Gnome
session.
Now, somewhat later, I run
guix pull
guix package -u
which upgrades IceCat to version 115.17.0. The new version is installed
in a directory
/gnu/store/sxb7vrqmbxyc5l1n3g6pwv5lawil8iqg-icecat-115.17.0-guix1
But the directory
/gnu/store/c93r1gl7li1sy2p7r2chkg94gskjz6z4-icecat-115.15.0-guix1
is still present, and still contains the old version of IceCat. Now
here's the critical point: the upgrade process does not edit the Exec
lines in
$HOME/.config/autostart/icecat.desktop
So they still point to the old version of IceCat, and it's still the old
version of IceCat that is automatically launched when I start a Gnome
session.
Once more to be on the safe side: I do not think this problem is unique
to IceCat, I think it applies to all Guix packages.
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