GNU bug report logs - #37443
[PATCH] scripts: pull: Add options for generation management

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Reported by: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>

Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 08:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen <at> fastmail.net>
To: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 37443 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#37443] [PATCH] scripts: pull: Add options for generation management
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:08:26 +0200

Hi Simon,

> Naive question: why not merge the two default profiles in only one
> default profile?
>
> `guix pull` uses the default ~/.config/guix/current
> `guix package` uses the default ~/.guix-profile
>
> Does it make sense to remove one of them?

I am not sure if it could be done, but I am rather sure that I wouldn't
want that.

Case study: I want to install one package from a specific Guix commit in
the past:

 - guix pull -C ... creates a new generation
 - guix package install ... creates another new generation

Now I cannot undo the "guix pull" without also removing the package that
I installed from that specific commit!

Cheers,
  Konrad
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