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Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> skribis:

> On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 01:21:14PM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote:
>> Assuming the format is stable, we could just use the current glib.
>
> This is probably the only viable approach. It feels less functional than
> one would like: The user profile then depends not only on the installed
> packages, but also (potentially) on the current glib version. Close to a
> side effect, I would say.

I don=E2=80=99t think this matches the definition of a side effect.  ;-)

But yes, that means you possibly end up pulling an extra package just to
build the profile.

It=E2=80=99s actually already the case: the profile is built by running
=E2=80=98guile-final=E2=80=99, so when you don=E2=80=99t have it in the sto=
re, it gets built
just to be able to build the profile (unless you passed --bootstrap).

Ludo=E2=80=99.