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From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Checking for substitutes
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:36:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m1sh618ny6.fsf@fastmail.net> (raw)

Hi Guix,

I wonder if there is any way to check if substitutes are available for a
given set of packages (e.g. a single package with its dependencies, or a
complete manifest).

The context is optimizing package updates: if I know everything I need
is available as a substitute, I can do an update immediately, but if big
packages need to be built locally, I prefer to wait until my computer is
idle.

Ideally, I'd like "guix package" to have an option –only-substitutes
that will stop if local builds are required, providing a list of the
packages that must be built.

Konrad.

             reply	other threads:[~2018-06-05 11:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-06-05 11:36 Konrad Hinsen [this message]
2018-06-05 12:42 ` Checking for substitutes Timothy Sample
2018-06-05 14:13   ` Konrad Hinsen
2018-06-05 14:21     ` Ricardo Wurmus
2018-06-05 18:33       ` Konrad Hinsen
2018-06-05 14:20   ` Ricardo Wurmus

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