Subject: bug#35872: messages that are redundant can be eliminated?

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:20:38 +0100

Hi,

Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> skribis:

>> The following packages will be upgraded:
>>    glibc-locales 2.28 → 2.28
>> /gnu/store/acl2wxzzkkcjv74rlqswdf9p8pwddlmk-glibc-locales-2.28
>>    meson 0.50.0 → 0.50.0
>> /gnu/store/zc6r8b1rx3q7lqd8kvvpnm38ky925kmj-meson-0.50.0
>>    guile 2.2.4 → 2.2.4
>> /gnu/store/9alic3caqhay3h8mx4iihpmyj6ymqpcx-guile-2.2.4
>>    font-adobe-source-han-sans:cn 1.004 → 1.004
>> /gnu/store/zf59mg6g0afay9458aarh0rqcz852hhb-font-adobe-source-han-sans-1.004-cn
>>    fontconfig 2.13.1 → 2.13.1
>> /gnu/store/cnafj0dn09qzy23xnrrjsq5zcdj4739j-fontconfig-2.13.1
>>    epiphany 3.28.3.1 → 3.28.3.1
>> /gnu/store/n56bdjhqgq7a4a6ndqc3aymyrzvs12hl-epiphany-3.28.3.1
>>    gnome-terminal 3.28.2 → 3.28.2
>> /gnu/store/r6i61wji0qmv9fqdyk65kx73nzxw8v80-gnome-terminal-3.28.2
>>
>> nothing to be done
>
> This is a bug where the presence of propagated inputs leads ‘guix
> upgrade’ to assume something would be upgraded, even when that’s not the
> case.  This can be reproduced with:
>
>   guix install -p foo guile
>   guix upgrade -p foo

With commit 3e5ab0a7a9399bb098b9ced46bf3cbf4085c6bab, ‘guix upgrade’
writes “(dependencies changed)” instead of “2.28 → 2.28”, which should
already be less confusing.

Ludo’.