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[PATCH 0/1] scripts: package: Forbid installation of the guix package.

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: paren <at> disroot.org, 58583 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com, zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com
Subject: [bug#58583] [PATCH 0/1] scripts: package: Forbid installation of the guix package.
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:01:30 +0200

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Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Guix-patches via 写道：
>> For instance, if an user packs their Guile application using 
>> some
>> other
>> Guile libraries including the Guix library, then for 
>> developing, it
>> becomes not possible to just locally create a profile.
>
> Why not?

Would this be address by refusing only to ‘guix install guix’ 
without an explicit --profile argument?  This would eliminate 99% 
of unintentional footguns.  We could still warn.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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