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Subject: Re: Reorganizing guix package commands
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 09:10:18 +0200
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Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:

> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 11:29:25AM +0200, Taylan Ulrich Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1=
/Kammer wrote:
>> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes:
>>=20
>> >> Maybe instead of --list-generations and others, these options should
>> >> transform into subcommands (list-generations) of "guix profile".
>> >
>> > I agree.  But what should we do of transactions?
>>=20
>> I'd like to re-propose the use of '--' to delineate the end of arguments
>> to a sub-command.  E.g.:
>>=20
>>   guix install foo bar -- remove baz bat
>>=20
>> (Leaving aside whether it's 'guix install', 'guix package install',
>> 'guix profile add', or anything else.)
>>=20
>> Taylan
>>=20
>
> Currently you can already call
>
>     guix package -i foo bar -r baz

Right, that works when install/remove are switches.  My proposal was
meant in the context of making them sub-commands instead of switches.

Taylan