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Re: Guix CLI, thoughts and suggestions
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Carlo Zancanaro |
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Re: Guix CLI, thoughts and suggestions |
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Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:21:54 +1100 |
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Hi Ian,
On Sat, Jan 20 2024, Ian Eure wrote:
> I agree that this would make sense, but my understanding is that `guix
> package' doesn’t work like that -- it only performs the final
> operation in the list. IMO, it should either do *everything* the
> commands specify, or print an error and take no action.
It can accumulate multiple commands. As an example, if you create a
profile with a single package in it:
$ guix package -i hello
The following package will be installed:
hello 2.12.1
... more output...
then you can remove that package and install another package in a single
transaction:
$ guix package -r hello -i coreutils
The following package will be removed:
hello 2.12.1
The following package will be installed:
coreutils 9.1
... more output...
The inconsistency here is that some commands can be combined
(specifically adding and removing), whereas others cannot (probably
everything else).
> I agree, I don’t think the situation can be improved without finding a
> solution to preserve BC. But, I didn’t think it was worth making
> detailed plans for any of this before gauging whether the problem was
> one broadly considered to be worth solving.
I think it would be great to have a consistent CLI, so I would love it
if we were able to solve this problem.
Carlo