From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Marusich Subject: Re: successful installation, but problems updating Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 21:58:30 -0800 Message-ID: <87fu9mptdl.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20171106091656.6e775deb@graviton.instanton> <20171106111829.1e07b138@hitpoints.browniehive.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58175) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eD2Kv-00081o-Dn for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:58:45 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eD2Ks-0008B6-BZ for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:58:41 -0500 Received: from mail-pg0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c05::229]:55533) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eD2Ks-0008Aa-5y for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:58:38 -0500 Received: by mail-pg0-x229.google.com with SMTP id 207so3867488pgc.12 for ; Thu, 09 Nov 2017 21:58:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20171106111829.1e07b138@hitpoints.browniehive.net> (Thomas Sigurdsen's message of "Mon, 6 Nov 2017 11:18:29 +0100") 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: Thomas Sigurdsen Cc: "help-guix@gnu.org" --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thomas Sigurdsen writes: >> Firstly, it often says that I need to use '--fallback'. Is that >> because the binary is not available? >> > > '--fallback' means that guix will fall back to compiling from source if > it can't download binaries (also called substitutes). By default guix > tries to download substitutes from the build farm (hydra). > >>=20 >> Secondly, I noted that with, e.g., 'guix package -i kodi' software gets >> compiled. I understood that GNU Guix is capable of both binary and >> source packages. Which should I typically expect? Can I choose? >>=20 > > It seems to me I usually get core and common packages as substitutes > (binaries). There is the =E2=80=98--no-substitutes=E2=80=99 command line = flag to disable > substitutes and always build from source. I can't see a flag for > disabling source builds. > > You'll find this information in the guix info pages, specifically under > "common build options" and "invoking guix system". Anecdotally, I swear I've seen guix build some things from source even when I did not specify --fallback. Has anybody else seen that occur? =2D-=20 Chris --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEy/WXVcvn5+/vGD+x3UCaFdgiRp0FAloFQAYACgkQ3UCaFdgi Rp26ShAAxYNJIElpAkM7ZRP40CQNEvhKrz/2Ue1mQMkLP8guVvYTemBJxmzARpXI fWZkJ6OMP2EQ1HhZFW6QyxMlTw2YPsBaFOFWIQQ0NuRFMcqr64sQELJT0nWuz9i2 QbeqGLVF8r4B69lN1ZcLQB204tXJ+Xdiu02fbN3IgJt83V00EC4UD5pB8SZxD4fE lZMBg/6eBo4Fq5jnxqEzOGfhxLmHLcfxGWPxvuMy5584kJ7K/1QGmqGxvnp1aKI9 1jiPhttn+l8NwhSoCKUu7TZLi8M5Z21cgsja9e1NdLCHdRbhrmnBySnJ4fbdfsCV ZWPHiQypcsNqqXDfhceHU1jfFgWAdLuDhockt3np2WAjft7S05qRd8WvkYPDJVPk TgzACtgfijpYQO4tcennlmbgCHSbTpO1UyrtSJnx/rEhpdFFAD2FPDNvcGYtMl1J EkmNm4NrtyF1CPxAMxLnqzAAEXVdusq8z6W+A9wZc5xTFMKxeIhct8PWp6LmFSdy bngyI/OX1JTmPp8lVy+wTVJ63cUQ5hgFlv08mRmQI0PEnCGxS11QYbF+S8Km1+o7 TzRSqcYM6KVZLFAGGBp1XjsgmOZRdD1TFgBV+8ye1UIZLJDIt0WLFL2q1lMzubLa AVxHaUbTtqukp+OYk88Lkd3Dy87WtPY4xmbCS7pMKIjLZm/HZUM= =nVEB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--