From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement guix-package --upgrade Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:55:01 -0500 Message-ID: <87vc9xqpd6.fsf@tines.lan> References: <87vc9yxcre.fsf@tines.lan> <87a9r9zwrv.fsf@gnu.org> <87liaty5cy.fsf@tines.lan> <87y5etv9ze.fsf@gnu.org> <8738x1xrek.fsf@tines.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59344) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5Lwm-0007Yy-4l for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:55:22 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U5Lwh-0002sV-Rp for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:55:20 -0500 In-Reply-To: <8738x1xrek.fsf@tines.lan> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:29:07 -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-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: bug-guix@gnu.org I wrote: > Would "guix-package -i guile" ever choose guile-1.8.8 over guile-2.0.7 > if the latter was available? Does it not automatically choose the > newest available version? Having now looked at the code, I see that it does not. My latest upgrade implemention assumed that it did, so I'll have to fix that. Please hold off on reviewing the current patch. Another is now in the works. > If not, should it? For now, I'm going to assume that "guix-package -i guile" indeed *should* choose from among the newest available versions, so I'm going to work on fixing that. Please let me know if you disagree. Mark