From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: bug#24988: Guix requests substitute for non-substitutable package Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 18:05:24 +0100 Message-ID: <87lgwbla23.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48672) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c9EWE-0007JQ-OY for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:06:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c9EWA-0007Pb-Nc for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:06:06 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:51356) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c9EWA-0007PG-K0 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:06:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1c9EWA-0003qb-8H for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:06:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48561) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c9EVl-00070u-E8 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:05:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c9EVh-00071E-6H for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:05:37 -0500 Received: from sender163-mail.zoho.com ([74.201.84.163]:21405) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c9EVg-0006z5-Sq for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Nov 2016 12:05:33 -0500 List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 24988@debbugs.gnu.org Guix requests a substitute for “texlive-texmf” even though it is marked as not substitutable. This is a problem for many users because hydra does not offer a substitute for this package. Users have to pass “--fallback” to make Guix build the package from source. Only the “texlive-texmf” package is marked as not substitutable. -- Ricardo