Re: Computing a derivation for a profile

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Ricardo,

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> skribis:

> Unfortunately, lowering this profile object appears to invariably result
> in substitutes for all these texlive packages to be downloaded, even
> though I only want to get the derivation.

It’s grafts again!  (Since everything is grafted right now in master,
due to glibc.)

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
scheme@(guile-user)> ,use(guix profiles)
scheme@(guile-user)> ,use(guix monad-repl)
scheme@(guile-user)> ,use(guix grafts)
scheme@(guile-user)> (%graft? #f)  ;<- !!
$18 = #t
scheme@(guile-user)> ,use(gnu packages)
scheme@(guile-user)> ,lower        (profile
         (content
          (specifications->manifest
           (list "texlive-collection-latex"
                 "texlive-collection-latexextra"
                 "texlive-collection-latexrecommended"
                 "texlive-collection-fontsrecommended"
                 "texlive-pgf"))))
$19 = #<derivation /gnu/store/ghva49bcjali3nlclk7ycnxw78gdjz4p-profile.drv => 
/gnu/store/9fkvhgjqy3yb9jdnzyk3pw5i0rwj4234-profile 7f7d81137d70>
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

HTH,
Ludo’.