Re: [WIP][PATCH] profiles: info-dir-file: Don't consider unwanted manifest entries

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Hello!

iyzsong@member.fsf.org (宋文武) skribis:

> Currently we run profile hooks for all manifest inputs, so if you
> install a new package to your profile, all profile hooks will be run
> again, even if the new package doesn't provide info manuals, man pages,
> etc.  Ideally only interested hooks need to be run, eg: if the new
> package has info manuals, then the 'info-dir-file' hook will run.
>
> I get it works somehow, but breaks the '--dry-run' functionality which I
> have no idea how to preserve...

Indeed.  I had the idea of adding a notion of “build rounds”, which
would also be useful for grafts: you’d register (client-side) an extra
build round to be run after the current one.  For grafts, the first
round would return the ungrafted derivations.  For profile hooks, the
first round would return the profile without any hooks.  “-n” would
display what would be built/downloaded as part of the first round,
ignoring subsequent rounds.

I realize that’s a lot hand-waving, so I’ll have to see if I can get a
proof-of-concept ready in the coming weeks.

Ludo’.