bug#35872: messages that are redundant can be eliminated?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi Andy,

Andy Tai <address@hidden> skribis:

> %guix pull && guix package -u
>
> these were printed:
> ----
> ...
> New in this revision:
>   ...
> hint: Run `guix pull --news' to view the complete list of package changes.
>
> hint: After setting `PATH', run `hash guix' to make sure your shell refers
> to `/home/.../.config/guix/current/bin/guix'.

You should follow this advice, which would address this warning:

> guix package: warning: Consider running 'guix pull' followed by
> 'guix package -u' to get up-to-date packages and security updates.

:-)

> The following packages will be upgraded:
>    glibc-locales 2.28 → 2.28
> /gnu/store/acl2wxzzkkcjv74rlqswdf9p8pwddlmk-glibc-locales-2.28
>    meson 0.50.0 → 0.50.0
> /gnu/store/zc6r8b1rx3q7lqd8kvvpnm38ky925kmj-meson-0.50.0
>    guile 2.2.4 → 2.2.4
> /gnu/store/9alic3caqhay3h8mx4iihpmyj6ymqpcx-guile-2.2.4
>    font-adobe-source-han-sans:cn 1.004 → 1.004
> /gnu/store/zf59mg6g0afay9458aarh0rqcz852hhb-font-adobe-source-han-sans-1.004-cn
>    fontconfig 2.13.1 → 2.13.1
> /gnu/store/cnafj0dn09qzy23xnrrjsq5zcdj4739j-fontconfig-2.13.1
>    epiphany 3.28.3.1 → 3.28.3.1
> /gnu/store/n56bdjhqgq7a4a6ndqc3aymyrzvs12hl-epiphany-3.28.3.1
>    gnome-terminal 3.28.2 → 3.28.2
> /gnu/store/r6i61wji0qmv9fqdyk65kx73nzxw8v80-gnome-terminal-3.28.2
>
> nothing to be done

This is a bug where the presence of propagated inputs leads ‘guix
upgrade’ to assume something would be upgraded, even when that’s not the
case.  This can be reproduced with:

  guix install -p foo guile
  guix upgrade -p foo

I’ll see what can be done.

Thanks for reporting it,
Ludo’.