From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: Needs enhancement: "is my guix current?" Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:20:43 +0100 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42982) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eON4f-0005Vw-TE for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 07:20:48 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eON4f-0001mF-5f for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 07:20:45 -0500 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:56721) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eON4e-0001kS-Uk for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 07:20:45 -0500 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ywMVh0hhgz1qvyy for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:20:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ywMVh0YWYz1qqkc for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:20:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pucAEuEDtrzU for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:20:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from hermia.goebel-consult.de (ppp-93-104-78-38.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.78.38]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:20:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.110.2] (lenashee.goebel-consult.de [192.168.110.2]) by hermia.goebel-consult.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FA416056C for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2017 13:20:43 +0100 (CET) Content-Language: en-US List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel Hi, on my effort to solve the problems when updating to guix 0.14.0, I stepped over this simple question: Is the installed guix the current one, resp. the current one my guix knows of? Is there anyway to find out whether 20170924.19 or 0.13.0-6.a9468b4 is newer? guix installed: =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 # guix --version =C2=A0 =C2=A0 guix (GNU Guix) 20170924.19 guix knows to my guix: =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 # guix package -A guix =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 guix=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 0.13.0-6.a9468b4 =46rom the usability point of view, this information needs to be ovbiousl= y available. Users should easily be able to to determine which version is the newer one. Since I do not know how these different version numbers are generated, I can't make any suggestions, though. Sorry. --=20 Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |