Re: same package defined in multiple channels?

[Irfan S <irfan@irfus.in>]

Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> writes:

> Hi, I wonder if I have multiple Guix channels, and the same package is
> defined in multiple channels, of different versions, what would happen
> if I do guix pull?   Would the first package definition encountered in
> the first channel containing the definition of this package in the
> channel list be used, shadowing the other definitions in later
> channels?

Hi Andy,

In such a case, both versions of the package will be available to install. You could either specify the version like, e.g. ‘guix package -i mypackage@specific-version’, or if you omit it, the newer version will be picked automatically.