GNU bug report logs - #35872
'guix upgrade' misdiagnoses upgrades in the presence of propagated inputs

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From: Andy Tai <atai <at> atai.org>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 35872 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35872: messages that are redundant can be eliminated?
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 10:36:08 -0700

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Great, thanks.  Minor thing but good for end user experience.

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:20 AM Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> 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’.
>


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