GNU bug report logs - #29177
Hidden packages are not accounted for by `guix refresh`

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From: Marius Bakke <mbakke <at> fastmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 29177-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#29177: Hidden packages are not accounted for by `guix refresh`
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 20:09:44 +0100

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Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> ludo <at> gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:
>
>> The problem is not that ‘xorg-server-1.19.3’ is hidden (we can work
>> around it with -e), but that it inherits from ‘xorg-server’, and thus
>> ended up being rebuilt.
>
> Nevertheless, commit 8e57e416c0a6431a14d487ff8b69dece76d37c03 makes sure
> ‘guix refresh -l’ accounts for hidden packages.
>
> For instance, previously it would not report the hidden ‘xorg-server’
> when running ‘guix refresh -l dri2proto’; it now does.

Thanks, that was fast!  Closing the bug.

> I think it doesn’t change results significantly though.

Maybe not, but at least people won't accidentally trigger a GTK rebuild
and soon 'net-tools-for-tests' because `guix refresh` missed it.

It would be good to reduce the inputs of these packages to the absolute
minimum in order to minimize the impact.  Something to think about.

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