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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de>
Cc: 37940@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37940: endless "try upgrading both" cycles
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 13:37:50 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v9saqeba.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r22yldiv.fsf@web.de> (Arne Babenhauserheide's message of "Sun, 27 Oct 2019 10:54:16 +0100")

Hi Arne,

Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> writes:
> When installing a package while some packages are not up to date, guix
> can require adding more and more packages to guix install:
[...]
> guix install: error: profile contains conflicting entries for util-linux
> guix install: error:   first entry: util-linux@2.34 /gnu/store/xymkwf57x988q8cny2is1dgzrbr9xdfi-util-linux-2.34
> guix install: error:    ... propagated from glib@2.60.6
> guix install: error:    ... propagated from poppler@0.79.0
> guix install: error:   second entry: util-linux@2.32.1 /gnu/store/8k4pnixpz73kxvxbjqajgbprjjmmgpxy-util-linux-2.32.1
> hint: Try upgrading both `poppler' and `util-linux', or remove one of them from the profile.

I just wanted to briefly mention that if you use the "declarative
approach" to specifying user profiles, via the --manifest option to
"guix package", you will avoid this problem entirely.  I've been happily
using that approach for years, and I literally cannot remember the last
time I saw a "conflicting entries" message.  I heartily recommend it.

      Mark

  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-27 17:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-10-27  9:54 bug#37940: endless "try upgrading both" cycles Arne Babenhauserheide
2019-10-27 17:37 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2019-10-27 22:46   ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-10-28  0:03     ` Arne Babenhauserheide
2019-10-31  9:28       ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-10-30 11:20     ` Diego Nicola Barbato

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