Re: readline problem

[James Smith <jsmith8365@protonmail.com>]

So it seems that guix pull should always be followed by guix package -u ?

If so, why doesn't guix pull just do the upgrade?

Thanks
Jim

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On Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 at 2:45 PM, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:

> Wiktor Żelazny wz@freeshell.de writes:
>
> > [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 03:51:35PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> >
> > > Wiktor Żelazny wz@freeshell.de writes:
> > >
> > > > Hey, this sounds just like the problem I reported earlier this
> > > >
> > > > month.
> > >
> > > Can you please tell us the issue number?
> >
> > I did not file an issue as I wasn’t sure if that was a bug. I’m talking
> >
> > about the “"libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.33' not found" with guix
> >
> > time-machine --channels” thread on this mailing list, started on January
> >
> > 8th.
>
> Oh, okay. I thought there had been a bug report with a discussion I
>
> missed.
>
> > > Builds are isolated, of course, but it’s common that people who don’t
> > >
> > > use manifests end up building a profile that consists of a colorful
> > >
> > > mosaic of packages from different versions of Guix.
> > >
> > > guix install foo
> > >
> > > guix pull
> > >
> > > guix install bar
> > >
> > > guix pull
> > >
> > > guix install baz
> >
> > I suppose that this problem does not arise if `guix package -u` is run
> >
> > after each `guix pull`?
>
> It should not happen then, correct.
>
> Though I have had reports from confused users at work who say that “guix
>
> upgrade” doesn’t necessarily help, and that they actually had to use
>
> “guix install” on all packages again. I haven’t been able to confirm
>
> this yet.
>
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>
> Ricardo