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Subject: Re: `guix search` feature or bug?
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:31:21 +0200
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Hi,

zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:

> An example describes better than words. :-)
>
>   guix package --show=3Dtuxpaint
>
> And one can read the terms `software` in the synopsis and `tools` in
> the description.
> However, `guix search software tools` does not output the package `tuxpai=
nt`.
>
>   guix search software tools | recsel -C -P name | sort
>
> From the function `relevance` in `guix/ui.scm`, if I understand well,
> it seems expected. Each field deals with the regexp and the terms
> `software` and `tools` does not appear both in only one field.
>
> Is this behaviour expected?

Not really!  It=E2=80=99s the result of commit
8874faaaac665100a095ef25e39c9a389f5a397f, but I agree that what you
expected would be nicer.  We should fix it.

Do you want to give it a try?  :-)

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.