GNU bug report logs - #54942
Can't run guix upgrade when a package is installed with the --with-git-url transformation

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: SeerLite <seerlite <at> nixnet.email>
Cc: 54942-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54942: Can't run guix upgrade when a package is installed
 with the --with-git-url transformation
Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 23:58:21 +0200

Hi,

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

> SeerLite <seerlite <at> nixnet.email> skribis:
>
>> I installed a package with --with-git-url and --with-branch to my profile:
>>
>>     guix install kakoune
>>     --with-git-url=kakoune=https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git 
>> --with-branch=kakoune=breaking-cleanups
>>
>> However, now I can't run `guix upgrade`. I get the following error:
>>
>>     guix upgrade: error: the source of kakoune <at> 2021.08.28 is not a Git
>>     reference
>
> [...]
>
> Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> skribis:
>
>> I guess the problem is that 'with-branch'/'with-commit' come before
>> 'with-git-url' in
>> <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/guix/transformations.scm?id=237d90a7808cfdced34b34595eba16632cbcb89e#n794>
>> (untested!).
>
> My guess is rather than the profile records (or replays) transformations
> in the wrong order:

I believe this is fixed by 0f024554e63a49e20c2a7a67e928073c266bf5c5.

Please let me know if anything’s wrong!

Ludo’.

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