Re: what is the difference among files in /gnu/store

[Julien Lepiller]

Hi Gottfried,

How did you get this list of store items?

The first one comes from "mate". That's a meta-package that contains the union 
of a bunch of packages that are needed to run mate.

The second is the content of a system generation. You probably installed mate 
in your system :). The system generation is also the union of packages that you 
declared, so it includes mate, and consequently, the theme.

The last two are different versions of "mate-themes". I don't know which is 
more recent.

If possible, please don't use a store path in your configuration. If you update 
the system, the new version will be at a different location (even if the 
version number is the same, as you've seen with mate-themes). It might get 
garbage-collected and will definitely get out of date.

Instead, you should reference a theme by its name only. If mate lets you, try 
to set the theme to "TraditionalGreen" and that will always be the latest 
version.

HTH!

On June 1, 2022 9:03:39 PM GMT+02:00, Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote:
>Hi guixers,
>
>e.g.
>
>I have in my MATE desktop a theme called "TraditionalGreen"
>
>There are several files.
>What is the difference?
>
>/gnu/store/09bi02ldaqsykdfi8szv225z4adl98hj-mate-1.24.1/share/themes/TraditionalGreen
>
>/gnu/store/65dvsqhxly3cs33m935amvg1wc38s1ii-system/profile/share/themes/TraditionalGreen
>
>/gnu/store/aqpb71z7nl1jbaxi7q2364x5hm2lsab9-mate-themes-3.22.21/share/themes/TraditionalGreen
>
>/gnu/store/y3cwrifdqvainwddij7zvk0lspvbpsia-mate-themes-3.22.21/share/themes/TraditionalGreen
>
>
>The 1. and 2. have a different Icon, it has something to do with a link 
>(Verknüpfung german).
>
>Which one is used for the desktop?
>
>I want to learn the basics!
>
>Gottfried