From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vincent Legoll Subject: Re: guix pull avoidance Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:39:23 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20160822180117.GA17367@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45421) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bc7G1-000434-SQ for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:40:30 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bc7Fw-0005Ii-US for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:40:29 -0400 Received: from mail-qk0-f181.google.com ([209.85.220.181]:35532) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bc7Fw-0005Ib-Pl for help-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 04:40:24 -0400 Received: by mail-qk0-f181.google.com with SMTP id v123so100274118qkh.2 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 01:40:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20160822180117.GA17367@jasmine> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Leo Famulari Cc: help-guix Hello On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Leo Famulari wrote: > On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 04:34:41PM +0200, Vincent Legoll wrote: >> when one does guix pull, it is done only for that user, another one >> doing it subsequently (or at the same time) is going to download >> and compile the whole (identical) thing again, is it possible to switch >> a user to a previously dl'ed revision, like just changing a symlink in >> ~/.guix-profile to point to /gnu/store/*-guix-latest, or something like >> that ? > > The 2nd user who does `guix pull` will not recompile if nothing has > changed. Sorry, I wasn't being clear enough, I also want to avoid download. > You can change which Guix you use by changing what the symlink at > '~/.config/guix/latest' points to. OK thanks that's what I wanted to know -- Vincent Legoll