From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: Re: removal of induces installation of other package Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 23:20:22 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20181104160916.69076ca9@jasniac.instanton> <20181104210647.GB8747@jasmine.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36257) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gJQl7-0008Mc-2n for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:20:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gJQl2-0004pa-DI for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:20:39 -0500 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:51105) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gJQkw-0004PQ-QI for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 04 Nov 2018 17:20:33 -0500 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42p9HD22wPz1qwHQ for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2018 23:20:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42p9HD1xQBz1qqkd for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2018 23:20:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id uCSxpyabc4ZK for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2018 23:20:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from hermia.goebel-consult.de (ppp-83-171-161-217.dynamic.mnet-online.de [83.171.161.217]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2018 23:20:23 +0100 (CET) Received: from thisbe.goebel-consult.de (hermia.goebel-consult.de [192.168.110.7]) by hermia.goebel-consult.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F34860096 for ; Sun, 4 Nov 2018 23:23:15 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20181104210647.GB8747@jasmine.lan> Content-Language: en-US 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: help-guix@gnu.org Hi, Am 04.11.2018 um 22:06 schrieb Leo Famulari: > If you have updated Guix (`guix pull`) since your last profile was > created, the collection of software required to build profiles may have > been updated. So, now you need that software in order to make the new > profile. > > It's a bit counterintuitive that removing a package may require > something new, but it's expected behaviour for Guix. I experienced an even more irritating behavior: On a system which I hadn't touched for long, I switched a profile - from an old one it's predecessor. Even in this case guix started to download substitutes and build software. I find this behavior extremely irritating. -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |