From: pkill9 <pkill9@runbox.com>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 43984@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43984: `--with-graft=...` doesn't work with packages of different length name/version
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:50:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201015195013.335eaefd@runbox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wnzsapwh.fsf@gnu.org>
> > 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?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-15 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-14 0:55 bug#43984: `--with-graft=...` doesn't work with packages of different length name/version pkill9
2020-10-15 7:50 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-15 18:50 ` pkill9 [this message]
2020-10-16 9:31 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-17 1:03 ` pkill9
2020-10-20 21:29 ` Ludovic Courtès
2020-10-20 22:34 ` Mark H Weaver
2020-10-21 8:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
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