From: Tim Lee <progscriptclone@gmail.com>
To: phil@beadling.co.uk
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH doesn't have priority over official guix packages
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 22:29:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20211016222911.ex2z4acagxyrgipb@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOvsyQsAf6WLuiSucBoyRntu-2T_r78KtXuJezrzBK1TdkgUCw@mail.gmail.com>
> As far as I can see, Guix will always prefer the highest version
> number irrspective of which channel is sources it from.
I guess I misread the documentation or was misled by it.
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Package-Modules.html
> Environment Variable: GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH
>
> This is a colon-separated list of directories to search for additional
> package modules. Directories listed in this variable take precedence
> over the own modules of the distribution.
The last sentence makes it sound like GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH will always have
precedence over the official guix channel.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-10-16 22:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-16 8:45 GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH doesn't have priority over official guix packages Tim Lee
2021-10-16 21:03 ` Phil Beadling
2021-10-16 22:29 ` Tim Lee [this message]
2021-10-17 8:10 ` Phil
2021-10-17 11:36 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-10-17 12:15 ` Phil
2021-10-17 12:31 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2021-10-17 13:56 ` Tim Lee
2021-10-18 13:48 ` Paul Jewell
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