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bug#37940: endless "try upgrading both" cycles
From: |
Mark H Weaver |
Subject: |
bug#37940: endless "try upgrading both" cycles |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Oct 2019 13:37:50 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hi Arne,
Arne Babenhauserheide <address@hidden> writes:
> When installing a package while some packages are not up to date, guix
> can require adding more and more packages to guix install:
[...]
> guix install: error: profile contains conflicting entries for util-linux
> guix install: error: first entry: util-linux@2.34
> /gnu/store/xymkwf57x988q8cny2is1dgzrbr9xdfi-util-linux-2.34
> guix install: error: ... propagated from glib@2.60.6
> guix install: error: ... propagated from poppler@0.79.0
> guix install: error: second entry: util-linux@2.32.1
> /gnu/store/8k4pnixpz73kxvxbjqajgbprjjmmgpxy-util-linux-2.32.1
> hint: Try upgrading both `poppler' and `util-linux', or remove one of them
> from the profile.
I just wanted to briefly mention that if you use the "declarative
approach" to specifying user profiles, via the --manifest option to
"guix package", you will avoid this problem entirely. I've been happily
using that approach for years, and I literally cannot remember the last
time I saw a "conflicting entries" message. I heartily recommend it.
Mark