GNU bug report logs - #43984
`--with-graft=...` doesn't work with packages of different length name/version

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From: pkill9 <pkill9 <at> runbox.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 43984 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#43984: `--with-graft=...` doesn't work with packages of different length name/version
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:50:13 +0100

> > Maybe if the length/version is different, then a symlink could be
> > created in the store pointing to the new dependency, with a
> > name/version that matches the length of the original dependency's
> > store name? Perhaps this new name/version could be something like
> > /gnu/store/...-original-dependency-name-gggggg, where 'g..' matches
> > the length of the version of the original dependency. The many 'g's
> > would make it clear that it is a graft. Then if someone looks in
> > the store, they would see it's a symlink too.  
> 
> That only works if the new name is shorter than the old name though.
> When the new name is longer (which is a more common case in our
> experience when introducing package replacements, typically because
> the new version string is longer), nothing can be done.

I'm confused about what you mean. Why would it matter if the new
name is longer than the old name?

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