guix package -u --fallback does nothing

guix package -u --fallback does nothing

[Hartmut Goebel]

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Hi,

I'm try upgrading from guix-0.12.0-10.ba2260d but the profile is not upated.

I used "guix pull" to get the latest version.

"guix package -u" is loading substitutes, fails with this and recommends
using --fallback.

"guix package -u --fallback" when run the first time did compile some
packages, but did not update the profile.

"guix package -u --fallback" when run another time does *nothing*. "guix
package -l" still show the old generation.


"guix package -A guix" lists guix-0.13.0-4.f1ddfe4, so it should be
aware of the new package.

What is going on here? How can I solve this?

I also tried setting SSL_CERT_DIR, SSL_CERT_FILE and GIT_SSL_CAINFO
without success.

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Hartmut Goebel

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Re: guix package -u --fallback does nothing

[Hartmut Goebel]

Am 25.07.2017 um 11:35 schrieb Hartmut Goebel:
> "guix package -u --fallback" when run another time does *nothing*. "guix
> package -l" still show the old generation.

"guix package --fallback -u" did the trick.

Weird. I'll open a bug-report

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Hartmut Goebel

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Re: guix package -u --fallback does nothing

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> skribis:

> Am 25.07.2017 um 11:35 schrieb Hartmut Goebel:
>> "guix package -u --fallback" when run another time does *nothing*. "guix
>> package -l" still show the old generation.
>
> "guix package --fallback -u" did the trick.
>
> Weird. I'll open a bug-report

No need: ‘-u’ takes an optional regexp.  When you type “-u --fallback”,
it takes “--fallback” as that regexp.

This is a common mistake though, so we could change ‘guix package’ to at
least emit a warning then the regexp starts with a hyphen.

Thoughts?

Ludo’.

Re: guix package -u --fallback does nothing

[ng0]

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Ludovic Courtès transcribed 0.6K bytes:
> Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com> skribis:
> 
> > Am 25.07.2017 um 11:35 schrieb Hartmut Goebel:
> >> "guix package -u --fallback" when run another time does *nothing*. "guix
…
> This is a common mistake though, so we could change ‘guix package’ to at
> least emit a warning then the regexp starts with a hyphen.
> 
> Thoughts?

Yes, I agree. A warning would be useful for those who forget that
--update / -u acts this way.
Or maybe a error message + something like this in addition:

guix package --update --bazinga is wrong, did you mean guix package --bazinga --update

> Ludo’.
> 
> 

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