"profile contains conflicting entries..." for packages with the same version

"profile contains conflicting entries..." for packages with the same version

[Chris Keschnat via]

Hello,

I have "remmina" installed and get the following errors when trying to 
install "glib":

$ guix install glib
The following package will be installed:
    glib 2.70.2

guix install: error: profile contains conflicting entries for glib
guix install: error:   first entry: glib@2.70.2 
/gnu/store/zqy7rhv26ax5ng8ws3d3vs8gr1k1k491-glib-2.70.2
guix install: error:   second entry: glib@2.70.2 
/gnu/store/1gdvmmgimszagxr0l78kcx398c5g6608-glib-2.70.2
guix install: error:    ... propagated from dconf@0.40.0
guix install: error:    ... propagated from remmina@1.4.23
hint: Try upgrading both `glib' and `remmina', or remove one of them 
from the profile.


In general I think the solution would be to use multiple profiles[1] if 
I had need for multiple versions of the same package?

But why does this happen here? The versions seem to be the same.

I did a "guix pull" and "guix upgrade" before and all packages should be 
up to date.


Thank you

Chris


[1] I don't (yet) as I'm very new to guix and trying to find my way around

Re: "profile contains conflicting entries..." for packages with the same version

[Tobias Geerinckx-Rice]

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Hi Chris,

Chris Keschnat via 写道：
>
> guix install: error: profile contains conflicting entries for 
> glib
> guix install: error:   first entry: glib@2.70.2
> /gnu/store/zqy7rhv26ax5ng8ws3d3vs8gr1k1k491-glib-2.70.2
> guix install: error:   second entry: glib@2.70.2
> /gnu/store/1gdvmmgimszagxr0l78kcx398c5g6608-glib-2.70.2
> guix install: error:    ... propagated from dconf@0.40.0
> guix install: error:    ... propagated from remmina@1.4.23
> hint: Try upgrading both `glib' and `remmina', or remove one of 
> them
> from the profile.
>
>
> In general I think the solution would be to use multiple 
> profiles[1]
> if I had need for multiple versions of the same package?

In *general*, the solution is to upgrade both in the same 
transaction:

  $ guix install remmina glib

(because installing the latest remmina is equivalent to upgrading 
it).

However, in this particular case it won't work because remmina 
does seem to propagate a different glib than the ‘glib’ package 
exported to the CLI.

I don't have time to investigate, but it seems related to the :bin 
output, because

  $ guix install remmina glib:bin

works fine.

> In general I think the solution would be to use multiple 
> profiles[1]

Maybe, yes.  For a meaningful answer we'll need to know why you're 
installing glib.  Development?  Installing libraries by hand isn't 
something ‘most average users regularly’ do in Guix.

> But why does this happen here? The versions seem to be the same.

But the hashes aren't.  Version numbers aren't very relevant in 
Guix (their main practical use is to make the CLI feel familiar), 
only whether the package is identical or not.

> I did a "guix pull" and "guix upgrade" before and all packages 
> should
> be up to date.

Yes, they would be.  That would often help mitigate this error, 
but sadly not in this case.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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Re: "profile contains conflicting entries..." for packages with the same version

[Chris Keschnat via]

Hi Tobias,

thank you. I did have a look at the remmina package and also suspected 
the bin output but wasn't sure. Installing glib:bin does work.

| Installing libraries by hand isn't something ‘most average users 
regularly’ do in Guix.

This is due to me not yet knowing "the guix way" / packaging very well, 
but I also liking to go all-in (meaning I do use guix as my main machine).

I wanted to (and have) installed mu4e. The installation with straight.el 
failed so I went into the directory to see what the problem was and 
installed the dependencies that "make test" told me were missing.


Thanks

Chris



On 6/18/2022 4:27 PM, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> Hi Chris,
>
> Chris Keschnat via 写道：
>>
>> guix install: error: profile contains conflicting entries for glib
>> guix install: error:   first entry: glib@2.70.2
>> /gnu/store/zqy7rhv26ax5ng8ws3d3vs8gr1k1k491-glib-2.70.2
>> guix install: error:   second entry: glib@2.70.2
>> /gnu/store/1gdvmmgimszagxr0l78kcx398c5g6608-glib-2.70.2
>> guix install: error:    ... propagated from dconf@0.40.0
>> guix install: error:    ... propagated from remmina@1.4.23
>> hint: Try upgrading both `glib' and `remmina', or remove one of them
>> from the profile.
>>
>>
>> In general I think the solution would be to use multiple profiles[1]
>> if I had need for multiple versions of the same package?
>
> In *general*, the solution is to upgrade both in the same transaction:
>
>  $ guix install remmina glib
>
> (because installing the latest remmina is equivalent to upgrading it).
>
> However, in this particular case it won't work because remmina does 
> seem to propagate a different glib than the ‘glib’ package exported to 
> the CLI.
>
> I don't have time to investigate, but it seems related to the :bin 
> output, because
>
>  $ guix install remmina glib:bin
>
> works fine.
>
>> In general I think the solution would be to use multiple profiles[1]
>
> Maybe, yes.  For a meaningful answer we'll need to know why you're 
> installing glib.  Development?  Installing libraries by hand isn't 
> something ‘most average users regularly’ do in Guix.
>
>> But why does this happen here? The versions seem to be the same.
>
> But the hashes aren't.  Version numbers aren't very relevant in Guix 
> (their main practical use is to make the CLI feel familiar), only 
> whether the package is identical or not.
>
>> I did a "guix pull" and "guix upgrade" before and all packages should
>> be up to date.
>
> Yes, they would be.  That would often help mitigate this error, but 
> sadly not in this case.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> T G-R

Re: "profile contains conflicting entries..." for packages with the same version

[Chris Keschnat via]

Just for completeness:

I now realized that the mu package installs mu4e and have disabled 
building mu4e in straight.el (:straight (:type built-in)).

That solves every problem I had.

On 6/18/2022 6:51 PM, Chris Keschnat via wrote:
> Hi Tobias,
>
> thank you. I did have a look at the remmina package and also suspected 
> the bin output but wasn't sure. Installing glib:bin does work.
>
> | Installing libraries by hand isn't something ‘most average users 
> regularly’ do in Guix.
>
> This is due to me not yet knowing "the guix way" / packaging very 
> well, but I also liking to go all-in (meaning I do use guix as my main 
> machine).
>
> I wanted to (and have) installed mu4e. The installation with 
> straight.el failed so I went into the directory to see what the 
> problem was and installed the dependencies that "make test" told me 
> were missing.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On 6/18/2022 4:27 PM, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Chris Keschnat via 写道：
>>>
>>> guix install: error: profile contains conflicting entries for glib
>>> guix install: error:   first entry: glib@2.70.2
>>> /gnu/store/zqy7rhv26ax5ng8ws3d3vs8gr1k1k491-glib-2.70.2
>>> guix install: error:   second entry: glib@2.70.2
>>> /gnu/store/1gdvmmgimszagxr0l78kcx398c5g6608-glib-2.70.2
>>> guix install: error:    ... propagated from dconf@0.40.0
>>> guix install: error:    ... propagated from remmina@1.4.23
>>> hint: Try upgrading both `glib' and `remmina', or remove one of them
>>> from the profile.
>>>
>>>
>>> In general I think the solution would be to use multiple profiles[1]
>>> if I had need for multiple versions of the same package?
>>
>> In *general*, the solution is to upgrade both in the same transaction:
>>
>>  $ guix install remmina glib
>>
>> (because installing the latest remmina is equivalent to upgrading it).
>>
>> However, in this particular case it won't work because remmina does 
>> seem to propagate a different glib than the ‘glib’ package exported 
>> to the CLI.
>>
>> I don't have time to investigate, but it seems related to the :bin 
>> output, because
>>
>>  $ guix install remmina glib:bin
>>
>> works fine.
>>
>>> In general I think the solution would be to use multiple profiles[1]
>>
>> Maybe, yes.  For a meaningful answer we'll need to know why you're 
>> installing glib.  Development?  Installing libraries by hand isn't 
>> something ‘most average users regularly’ do in Guix.
>>
>>> But why does this happen here? The versions seem to be the same.
>>
>> But the hashes aren't.  Version numbers aren't very relevant in Guix 
>> (their main practical use is to make the CLI feel familiar), only 
>> whether the package is identical or not.
>>
>>> I did a "guix pull" and "guix upgrade" before and all packages should
>>> be up to date.
>>
>> Yes, they would be.  That would often help mitigate this error, but 
>> sadly not in this case.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> T G-R