Re: Improve the output of `guix refresh -l`

[Maxime Devos]

Zhu Zihao schreef op do 17-03-2022 om 18:22 [+0800]:
> for example, run `guix refresh -l pango`, The terminal prints:
> 
> ```
> Building the following 2945 packages would ensure 7521 dependent
> packages are rebuilt: ......<long long package list>
> ```
> 
> The package list is too long to read, flood my terminal with package
> names. It will hide the actual rebuilt count, I have to pipe the
> output
> to less command to make sure I can see it.
> 
> What about add an option like `--detail` for `guix refresh -l`?

The short option '-l' is a shorthand for the long option
'--list-dependents'.  It seems to me that '--list-dependents' should
actually list the dependents, so I would not do that, otherwise the
option name would (by itself) not correspond to its behaviour anymore.

Maybe something like a '--count-dependents' option would be nice
though.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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