From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com>
Cc: Guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: util-linux and perl rename
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 03:58:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878t1gi59f.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87in0k2ziv.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Vong's message of "Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:12:08 +0800")
Alex Vong <alexvong1995@gmail.com> writes:
> Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@freenet.de> writes:
>
>> I already had a "rename" binary via util-linux. Then I installed the
>> package "rename", resulting in another "rename" binary, as I prefer
>> the Perl version. This was a success in that I got what I wanted.
>>
>> However, should this name clash be considered a bug?
>> Is there a policy for such circumstances?
>> What happens that the newly installed "rename" gets precedence?
>>
> I think it is chosen based on some random criterions
It's not random, but rather a very simple criterion. The packages
listed first in the package manifest take priority over ones that come
later. If you don't use manifests, "guix package -i <pkg>" puts <pkg>
at the top of the new manifest, even if it was already present in the
previous manifest.
Mark
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-26 8:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-11-20 21:10 util-linux and perl rename Thorsten Wilms
2018-11-22 19:25 ` Danny Milosavljevic
2018-11-26 5:12 ` Alex Vong
2018-11-26 8:53 ` Thorsten Wilms
2018-11-26 8:58 ` Mark H Weaver [this message]
2018-11-26 13:02 ` Alex Vong
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