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Re: GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH doesn't have priority over official guix packages


From: Tim Lee
Subject: Re: GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH doesn't have priority over official guix packages
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2021 22:29:11 +0000

> As far as I can see, Guix will always prefer the highest version
> number irrspective of which channel is sources it from.

I guess I misread the documentation or was misled by it.
https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Package-Modules.html

> Environment Variable: GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH
>
> This is a colon-separated list of directories to search for additional
> package modules. Directories listed in this variable take precedence
> over the own modules of the distribution.

The last sentence makes it sound like GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH will always have
precedence over the official guix channel.



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