From: Eric Bavier <ericbavier@openmailbox.org>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Cc: guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>,
Guix-devel
<guix-devel-bounces+ericbavier=openmailbox.org@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Should updaters suggest changes to inputs?
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 09:20:35 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2078950fa51cfc66cb94e0dc912dbac2@openmailbox.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8737l52pwd.fsf@elephly.net>
On 2016-09-12 08:45, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> Hi Guix,
>
> one problem that I’ve stumbled upon with R packages is that new
> versions
> occasionally depend on new inputs. “guix refresh -u” updates the
> version number and the hash for me, but it doesn’t tell me that new
> inputs are needed — or that existing inputs have been dropped —
> according to upstream’s DESCRIPTION file.
>
> Usually, these things become obvious when I rebuild all updated
> packages, but it’s possible I miss something.
>
> Do you think “guix refresh” should also mention changes to inputs?
I think it would be nice. Similar things happen for Perl packages.
--
`~Eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-12 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-12 13:45 Should updaters suggest changes to inputs? Ricardo Wurmus
2016-09-12 14:17 ` Vincent Legoll
2016-09-12 14:20 ` Eric Bavier [this message]
2016-09-12 21:10 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-09-12 14:28 ` Efraim Flashner
2016-09-12 15:46 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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