Re: guix package --search slow ?

[zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>]

Dear,

On Wed, 15 May 2019 at 04:22, Meiyo Peng <meiyo@riseup.net> wrote:
>
> zimoun writes:
>
> > When searching packages with `guix search`, it appears to me slow;
> > especially compared to `aptitude` of Debian.
> > ...
> > What should be done to improve the search speed?
>
> I remember "guix package --search" has always been pretty fast since
> this patch series of Ludovic is merged into guix:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-patches/2019-01/msg00254.html.
>
> Before that, "guix package --search" is slow.

Thank you for the pointer. Always interesting. :-)
And you mean: was slower. ;-)

>
> Please check your guix's version.  If you are not using an old Guix.  I
> am not sure why your experience is different from us.

Hum? I am doing on regular basis `guix pull`. This updates the version, right?
I mean, `guix describe` tells:

guix describe
Generation 22   May 13 2019 18:46:26    (current)
  bimsb d1cba4a
    repository URL: file:///home/simon/work/guix/bimsb
    branch: master
    commit: d1cba4a2cba1eb6c6c33328fea511b75dfcffe39
  guix ccabb66
    repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
    branch: master
    commit: ccabb664ed55d44767e037bb73169be2ecf9449d

Hum? maybe I am missing something.


All the best,
simon