From: Adam Porter <adam@alphapapa.net>
To: 70153@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70153: Command "guix show PACKAGE" should also show installed version
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 15:23:50 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e30c1c3c-ce5b-4d50-9fdd-94ec21cef022@alphapapa.net> (raw)
Hi,
It would be very helpful if the command "guix show PACKAGE" (aka "guix
package --show=PACKAGE") showed the version of the package that is
currently installed, if any.
For example, the version of "emacs" in Guix is currently 29.3, and the
version I have installed is 29.1. When I run "guix show emacs" I get:
name: emacs
version: 29.3
outputs: ...
If I didn't know better, I might think that I had version 29.3
installed. Instead, to check what version is actually installed, I have
to run "guix package --list-installed=emacs" to see:
emacs 29.1 out
/gnu/store/9i6p8jsvgrsradmbqa7iixk61gd00k2g-emacs-29.1
This makes the common operation of comparing the currently installed
version of a package with the currently available version require two
commands instead of one.
In contrast, e.g. in Debian, one can run "apt-cache policy PACKAGE" to
see output like:
PACKAGE:
Installed: X.Y-1~deb11u1
Candidate: X.Y-1~deb11u1
Which makes it easy to compare them.
Thanks for your work on Guix.
--Adam
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