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From: bbb ee <blasforr <at> gmail.com>
To: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
Cc: 59278 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59278: how gcc-toolchain can depends a package who doesn't
 exists?
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:29:54 +0100

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Thanks, I close the issue

Le mar. 15 nov. 2022 à 07:27, Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu> a écrit :

> Hi,
>
> This is not a bug. The gcc package exists, but is hidden from CLI on
> purpose because you shouldn't install it and use it directly. You should
> use gcc-toolchain instead.
>
> Le 15 novembre 2022 00:53:32 GMT+01:00, bbb ee <blasforr <at> gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>>
>> in version c81457a5883ea43950eb2ecdcbb58a5b144bcd11 of guix,
>> gcc-toolchain depends gcc:
>> ```
>> $ DEFAULT_CHANNELS=/tmp/default_channels.scm
>> $ echo "%default-channels" > $DEFAULT_CHANNELS
>> # I force guix to use only %default-channels here
>> $ guix time-machine --commit=c81457a5883ea43950eb2ecdcbb58a5b144bcd11  -C
>> $DEFAULT_CHANNELS -- search gcc-toolchain
>> guile: warning: failed to install locale
>> name: gcc-toolchain
>> version: 9.3.0
>> outputs: out debug static
>> systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux
>> dependencies: binutils <at> 2.32 gcc <at> 9.3.0 glibc <at> 2.29 ld-wrapper <at> 0
>> ```
>>
>>
>> However, I can't find gcc package in this version of guix
>> ```
>> $ guix time-machine --commit=c81457a5883ea43950eb2ecdcbb58a5b144bcd11  -C
>> $DEFAULT_CHANNELS -- search gcc
>> # no found gcc
>>
>> # guix install failure message confirm that gcc doesn't exist in commit
>> c81457
>> $ guix time-machine --commit=c81457a5883ea43950eb2ecdcbb58a5b144bcd11 -C
>> $DEFAULT_CHANNELS -- install gcc -p ~/opt/python-dev_3_7
>> guile: warning: failed to install locale
>> guix install: error: gcc: unknown package
>> ```
>>
>> in commit c81457, how gcc-toolchain can depends a package who doesn't
>> exists?
>>
>

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