From: Irfan S <irfan@irfus.in>
To: Andy Tai <atai@atai.org>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: same package defined in multiple channels?
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:04:42 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87jznd3jfh.fsf@irfus.in> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJsg1E_LkrFHruRxA=xui7fg4O3kc339iagt6hT_Btr5J25siA@mail.gmail.com> (Andy Tai's message of "Fri, 9 Feb 2024 00:15:02 -0800")
Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> writes:
> Hi, I wonder if I have multiple Guix channels, and the same package is
> defined in multiple channels, of different versions, what would happen
> if I do guix pull? Would the first package definition encountered in
> the first channel containing the definition of this package in the
> channel list be used, shadowing the other definitions in later
> channels?
Hi Andy,
In such a case, both versions of the package will be available to install. You could either specify the version like, e.g. ‘guix package -i mypackage@specific-version’, or if you omit it, the newer version will be picked automatically.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-14 21:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-09 8:15 same package defined in multiple channels? Andy Tai
2024-02-09 12:34 ` Irfan S [this message]
2024-02-09 17:38 ` Andy Tai
2024-02-09 19:04 ` Irfan S
2024-02-09 18:00 ` Julien Lepiller
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