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Why do some vm-image VM packages display "OUTPUTS: (Package is obsolete)


From: myglc2
Subject: Why do some vm-image VM packages display "OUTPUTS: (Package is obsolete)"?
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 22:55:25 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux)

I am running Guix/Debian from this git checkout ...

address@hidden:~/dev/guix$ git branch -av | grep '* master'
* master                                   fda746b gnu: menu-cache: Update to 
1.0.1.

address@hidden:~/dev/guix$ stat /home/g1/.config/guix/latest | grep File:
  File: ‘/home/g1/.config/guix/latest’ -> ‘../../dev/guix’

... I produced and ran a vm-image using the attached 'img' script by
doing ...

./img mk
./img run

In the running "guest" VM, 'M-x guix-installed-system-packages'
displayed 'git', 'git-manpages', 'guix', 'iw', 'magit', 'pciutils',
'screen' and 'wget' in red in the "*Guix Package List:..." buffer.

As an example, *Guix package Info:...* displays:

***
guix 0.10.0-0.e901
[...]
Outputs: (This package is obsolete)
  out       
    Store directory: 
      /gnu/store/4r360f7pndsnkfbmwb7bym8qrpsjd38b-guix-0.10.0-0.e901
[...]
***

However, on the host, 'M-x guix-installed-packages' displays the same
packages in green and, for example, *Guix package Info:...* displays:

***
guix 0.10.0-0.e901
[...]
Outputs: 
  out       Delete
    Store directory: 
      /gnu/store/4r360f7pndsnkfbmwb7bym8qrpsjd38b-guix-0.10.0-0.e901
[...]
***

So here is the question: 

Why do some vm-image VM packages display "OUTPUTS: (Package is obsolete)"?

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