From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id wH1YKDwt9l5oTAAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:15:40 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id 8BMtJDwt9l6lHwAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:15:40 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F2ABC9400E1 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:15:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:59372 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jorwv-0004BK-Ps for larch@yhetil.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:15:37 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39002) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jorvs-00031G-TV for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:14:33 -0400 Received: from lepiller.eu ([2a00:5884:8208::1]:59670) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jorvq-0001UM-Pc for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:14:32 -0400 Received: from lepiller.eu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lepiller.eu (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 082338ea; Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:14:25 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=lepiller.eu; h=date :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:subject:to:from:message-id; s=dkim; bh=jIDl56sid5f/vHg4x47+b/XFkUA/qbXtDIinTxp3SMs=; b=mmIpd2b7a4zM yKoWES9Op+71R3+nuH0PMpR1CFDX1EmoVV9NlVmLbePSQaQG30O8/FwWghIcGx16 dSPSDGq1C20U8WbpMr1bLBRoKDL3k4hKkwTb96KeupS0JCnkaaSo0cN8HiR/42Q8 k4UHj2NCea/OcSLKpCy0Lv4DhSK25Man2zhVc2cDrixfPM6SCMoIhlexaKIU/e09 ihTNzYtmbm+e7jL4k4oNpgdZn3JNaa2IaJc6+t2E5Jfw8gTqK/gTUx67HN9mQMlm Ujz+rILM/p/c9uQCfBta9RUjQZjpSs1bR4GUi9Sz8tekwWVQ7xcNXyGxx/H5FjGU y5x1u+IFrQ== Received: by lepiller.eu (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id f3ad5842 (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256:NO); Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:14:25 +0000 (UTC) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:14:12 -0400 User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Install older version of a package with the "@version" specifier To: help-guix@gnu.org,Lo Peter From: Julien Lepiller Message-ID: <89632FC3-1266-430D-822B-392DB700B323@lepiller.eu> Received-SPF: none client-ip=2a00:5884:8208::1; envelope-from=julien@lepiller.eu; helo=lepiller.eu X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. 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X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-guix@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=lepiller.eu header.s=dkim header.b=mmIpd2b7; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=lepiller.eu; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of help-guix-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=help-guix-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.71 X-TUID: TfGic0y7CHQW Le 26 juin 2020 12:07:42 GMT-04:00, Lo Peter = a =C3=A9crit : >Dear all, > >I am trying to install r version 3=2E6=2E3, where the current version is = at >4=2E0=2E2=2E > >Accordingly to the manual at >https://guix=2Egnu=2Eorg/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-package=2Ehtml= it >should be possible to specify the package version such as "guix >package -i r@3=2E6=2E2", but on my guix (installed on slackware 14=2E2), = it >says: >guix package: error: r: package not found for version 3=2E6=2E2 > >What am I missing here? > >Regards, >Peter In general, at any point in time, we only keep one version of each package= s=2E Exceptions are pretty rare (gcc, python, =E2=80=A6)=2E There two ways = to get a version that's different from the one in the current guix: - use the current guix and apply the recipe to an different version, by us= ing something --with-source=3Dr=3Dr-3=2E6=2E3=2Etar=2Egz or similar=2E This= is not guaranteed to work, as it applies the build procedure of version 4 = to version 3=2E It uses recent software that are patched for vulnerability = though=2E - use r from an old revision of guix that had the version you're looking f= or=2E This can be done using an "inferior"=2E The package will more likely = build (and even have substitutes), but it uses the old version of all its d= ependencies, which are not necessarily patched for vulnerabilities and may = require more space to be stored, as they are not shared with other packages= =2E HTH!