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Subject: bug#27284: [PATCH 0/8] 'guix pull' creates several derivations
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:56:58 +0100
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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis:

> Ludovic Court=C3=A8s <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> This patch set leads us to a =E2=80=98guix pull=E2=80=99 that creates se=
veral
>> derivations instead of just one: =E2=80=9Cguix-core=E2=80=9D (38 files),=
 =E2=80=9Cguix-extra=E2=80=9D,
>> =E2=80=9Cguix-packages=E2=80=9D (388 files), =E2=80=9Cguix-cli=E2=80=9D,=
 =E2=80=9Cguix-system=E2=80=9D.
>>
>> The idea is that we should be able to have substitutes for at least some
>> of them, for instance because =E2=80=9Cguix-core=E2=80=9D doesn=E2=80=99=
t need to be rebuilt
>> very often.  Most of the time, users will just have to build
>> =E2=80=9Cguix-packages=E2=80=9D, which is still a bit slow, but will hop=
efully get
>> better as Guile incorporates those long-awaited fixes.
>
> I=E2=80=99ve just pushed this, let me know how =E2=80=98guix pull=E2=80=
=99 works for you!

On IRC Marius reported that it doesn=E2=80=99t work, so I reverted (a very
short-lived commit!).

The issue is that we can=E2=80=99t really get away with module reloading, I=
=E2=80=99m
afraid.

Ludo=E2=80=99.