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From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=)
Subject: Re: Obsolete packages listed as available
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:49:33 +0100
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To: Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
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Hi,

Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> when executing
>    guix-package --list-available | grep mit
> I see two packages:
> mit-krb5        1.11    distro/packages/mit-krb5.scm:29:3
> mit-krb5        1.11    distro/packages/sasl.scm:145:3
>
> The first one is the really available one; the second one was contained i=
n=20
> a file sasl.scm in an old branch. Both the file and the branch have been=
=20
> deleted in the meantime. However, I suppose the package exists still=20
> somewhere in the nix store.

I suppose the file sasl.scm still exists along with the other files.
Even if it=E2=80=99s not under version control, the module-listing code in
distro.scm will stumble upon it, and thus list any packages that it
exports.

If you remove that file, it will no longer show up.

HTH,
Ludo=E2=80=99.