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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#40549: [usability] revert last generation
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 21:37:23 +0200
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To: Tom Zander <tomz@freedommail.ch>
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Hi,

Tom Zander <tomz@freedommail.ch> skribis:

> This could be nicer:
>
> I just installed something and want to revert this last generation, as se=
en in=20
> `guix package -l`.
>
> Doing a single call like `guix package -S 17 -d 18`   does not work, and =
I'd=20
> like it to work.

Oh indeed.  In practice I=E2=80=99d simply run =E2=80=9Cguix package --roll=
-back=E2=80=9D in
such a case so I think the example above is a bit convoluted, but I
agree that it=E2=80=99d be nice if it behaved like you describe.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.