From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: Why does installing icedtea-1.13.12 install the docs and jdk, too? Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:49:41 +0000 Message-ID: <87poo3x5kq.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> References: <57DBDAAF.1000009@crazy-compilers.com> <87d1k4kkhx.fsf@we.make.ritual.n0.is> <57DC03A3.5050507@crazy-compilers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56093) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkuSv-00051s-4o for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:50:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkuSp-0003ed-CY for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:50:08 -0400 Received: from aibo.runbox.com ([91.220.196.211]:52970) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkuSp-0003dc-6s for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:50:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: <57DC03A3.5050507@crazy-compilers.com> 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: Hartmut Goebel , help-guix Hartmut Goebel writes: > Am 16.09.2016 um 16:05 schrieb ng0: >> I think you are confusing installation with downloading. > > Maybe :-) But I'd expect that only packages to be installed are > downloaded. Otherwise this would be a wast of time and bandwidth. There's a separation between packages and outputs. gnunet-svn is a different package than gnunet, git-sendemail and git-svn are contained in outputs of git (named 'sendemail' and 'svn'). They are not separated like for example Debian does it with their -dev version packages. For the exact reasons someone else has to explain. I guess it's something about grafting, reproducibility, source provision etc. >> if (I have not checked it) icedtea is just one package with multiple outputs, > it is. > >> all outputs will be downloaded > > But why? I do not see any reason for downloading packages which their > are neither requested nor installed. If all outputs are downloaded, what > should be the sense of having different outputs? > > -- > Regards > Hartmut Goebel > > | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | > | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible | > > -- ng0