On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 05:07:33PM +0000, Fis Trivial wrote:
> When I did
> $ guix package -u
> I got the following messages:
> 
> --
> substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>    cargo	0.23.0 → 0.23.0	/gnu/store/hcdrrvyhwf6nqw3iwn6k3rydpyqg771b-cargo-0.23.0
>    python-autopep8	1.3.2 → 1.3.2	/gnu/store/q9blf18p0hz37rv8m3azm75mpl9g1n2p-python-autopep8-1.3.2
>    python-flake8	2.5.4 → 2.5.4	/gnu/store/046p961g2d4k73qh9xj6zwn3vs34biwp-python-flake8-2.5.4
>    clang	3.9.1 → 3.9.1	/gnu/store/pnjjq6anl7f71fcxqmrr081xjqm9l4wh-clang-3.9.1
>    llvm	3.9.1 → 3.9.1	/gnu/store/qvhfk8905dic99xx29d8afcc7ay060gs-llvm-3.9.1
>    meson	0.44.0 → 0.44.0	/gnu/store/n53zdnl4l3gm9sg15bfwxp0wdrwrvhg4-meson-0.44.0
>    glibc-locales	2.25 → 2.25	/gnu/store/y81gbp5lrjiydj5xj7sczx73vnkprzkv-glibc-locales-2.25
> 
> substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> substitute: updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'... 100.0%
> The following derivations will be built:
>    /gnu/store/53lvhnd82v489r6f4b79kwqsc945vjxj-profile.drv
>    /gnu/store/xjfchzq9ai9gmp93b941v3gn7906hz5g-xdg-mime-database.drv
>    /gnu/store/cswpjnavr4zlsj7dilpz0ncind956zdp-gtk-icon-themes.drv
>    /gnu/store/9gimd8h1nl9mpgcf8676zixdl9xb5v4z-info-dir.drv
>    /gnu/store/8dappm5anabp657wajxgzdca78kbmlfm-ghc-package-cache.drv
>    /gnu/store/3i8n5zdddkda84dj1q5li15xyp0qmjz0-gtk-im-modules.drv
>    /gnu/store/32nfyq57dpdhka16293dqbvzxy4x86q4-fonts-dir.drv
>    /gnu/store/26b5pi9i2wycxin1cmjsc4lhgw4flihh-ca-certificate-bundle.drv
>    /gnu/store/0hqha5s8g8jp16c14y3jlawp47kxmh1n-xdg-desktop-database.drv
>    /gnu/store/alm1j6qhdm2jbh43mg5kwd4hbns0nkv3-manual-database.drv
> Creating manual page database...
> 374 entries processed in 0.4 s
> warning: collision encountered: /gnu/store/p3yi7w2wv66h078bb0y36pk5yyw6xr00-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache /gnu/store/z8l01npp6izd8dirslwrddy6c2dnajvg-gparted-0.30.0/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
> warning: arbitrarily choosing /gnu/store/p3yi7w2wv66h078bb0y36pk5yyw6xr00-gtk-icon-themes/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
> 28 packages in profile
> --
> 
> The process didn't download anything and I didn't see any actual action been performed. Out of curiosity, I tried
> it again `$ guix package -u`, and then got the following message:
> 
> --
> guix package: warning: package 'rtags' no longer exists
> guix package: warning: package 'aMule' no longer exists
> The following packages will be upgraded:
>    cargo	0.23.0 → 0.23.0	/gnu/store/hcdrrvyhwf6nqw3iwn6k3rydpyqg771b-cargo-0.23.0
>    python-autopep8	1.3.2 → 1.3.2	/gnu/store/q9blf18p0hz37rv8m3azm75mpl9g1n2p-python-autopep8-1.3.2
>    python-flake8	2.5.4 → 2.5.4	/gnu/store/046p961g2d4k73qh9xj6zwn3vs34biwp-python-flake8-2.5.4
>    clang	3.9.1 → 3.9.1	/gnu/store/pnjjq6anl7f71fcxqmrr081xjqm9l4wh-clang-3.9.1
>    llvm	3.9.1 → 3.9.1	/gnu/store/qvhfk8905dic99xx29d8afcc7ay060gs-llvm-3.9.1
>    meson	0.44.0 → 0.44.0	/gnu/store/n53zdnl4l3gm9sg15bfwxp0wdrwrvhg4-meson-0.44.0
>    glibc-locales	2.25 → 2.25	/gnu/store/y81gbp5lrjiydj5xj7sczx73vnkprzkv-glibc-locales-2.25
> 
> nothing to be done
> --
> 
> Again, it shows a bunch of packages to be upgraded, but the upgraded version are the same with the old version.
> And the last line of the message says that "nothing to be done".
> 
> Is this a normal case or it's a bug?

This is normal. The versions don't update but its possible that packages
in the dependency build tree might have changed, in which case the
resulting package you have would change.

As for why it still shows the packages the second time I think its
related to the security grafts but I'm not sure.

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