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[PATCH] [RFC] --search-paths: emit code compatible with set -u

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Message #17 received at 64359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Zack Weinberg" <zack <at> owlfolio.org>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 64359 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#64359] [PATCH] [RFC] --search-paths: emit code compatible
 with set -u
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:21:34 -0400

On Sat, Oct 14, 2023, at 1:04 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>> Why is it a full-rebuild change?  As you point out, it should not actually
>> change anything?
>
> It’s a full-rebuild change because every single package depends on (guix
> build utils).  When we change it, we have to rebuild literally every
> package.

I'm sorry, I still don't understand why a change with no functional effect
on the packages themselves would require a full rebuild.

zw

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