Subject: Re: bug#37482: Guix fails to build libreoffice

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 11:31:02 +0200

Hello,

Jan <[email-masked]> skribis:

> On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 22:04:50 +0200
> Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> There’s no way to skip it.  However, there are a couple of tricks:
> What about adding an option to only download substitutes for older
> devices?

That’s not possible in the general case.  Also, it would be problematic
security-wise because you could easily find yourself installing older
versions with known vulnerabilities.

Thanks,
Ludo’.