From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Reza Alizadeh Majd" Subject: Re: query for package updates Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2020 13:25:38 +0330 Message-ID: <64253f3e-646a-47d1-83a5-ead90844cbe1@www.fastmail.com> References: <58b65c16-f3bd-4503-9870-5d168fcbe69d@www.fastmail.com> <87eeu4a7hf.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54951) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jAWBk-0004d0-Dj for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:56:09 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jAWBj-0004fN-FH for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:56:08 -0500 Received: from out5-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.29]:47005) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1jAWBi-0004TZ-J4 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 07 Mar 2020 04:56:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87eeu4a7hf.fsf@ambrevar.xyz> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Pierre Neidhardt , help-guix mailing list Hi, > `guix package -u` will keep updating ad-hoc profiles (those that where > not generated exclusively with a manifest) if they contain packages with > propagated inputs, even if the profile is already up-to-date. > so you mean that I can't rely on `guix package -u -n` command results to determine if any new update is available for current user's profile? > This has been discussed in the past, but for now it's not clear if this > issue will be resolved. > is there any public reference available about this discussion? -- Regards Reza Alizadeh Majd PantherX Team