From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Van Ymeren Subject: Re: Installing some packages results in "incomplete deployment" Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:27:25 -0500 Message-ID: <958B8282-1BC8-4EAA-8CBF-59830EFA6E6F@vany.ca> References: <87a7z1tq5v.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57158) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eLBZi-0005ae-5x for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:27:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eLBZf-00030K-2Z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:27:38 -0500 Received: from mail2.vany.ca ([142.54.190.254]:47547) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eLBZe-0002zs-UR for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Dec 2017 12:27:35 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87a7z1tq5v.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org, Chris Marusich On December 2, 2017 4:50:04 AM EST, Chris Marusich = wrote: >Hi, > >Some Guix packages exist which are not intended to be installed into a >user's profile=2E For example, android-udev-rules's description says: > > _Simply installing this package will not have any effect=2E_ It is > meant to be passed to the `udev' service=2E I think that for packages which are not meant to be installed into a user = profile, guix package -i should refuse to install them, or maybe only insta= ll them with a --force flag or similar=2E If it doesn't make sense to install a package into my profile it'd be nice= if the tools prevented it by default=2E