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Subject: bug#31836: Installing bc downloads ghc
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:34:47 +0200
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To: Caleb Ristvedt <caleb.ristvedt@cune.org>
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Hello reepca,

Caleb Ristvedt <caleb.ristvedt@cune.org> skribis:

> Pretty much what the title says. I tried installing bc and it downloaded
> ghc, among other things. I was curious how this came to be, so I ran

As discussed on IRC, this can happen if the profile contains ghc-*
packages.  When that is the case, a =E2=80=9Cprofile hook=E2=80=9D triggers=
, which
regenerates GHC=E2=80=99s package cache.  See (guix profiles).

I understand it looks weird, but it=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cexpected.=E2=80=9D

HTH!

Ludo=E2=80=99.