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Re: ~/.guix-profile/manifest usage with "guix package -m [manifest]" / "
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: ~/.guix-profile/manifest usage with "guix package -m [manifest]" / "guix pack -m [manifest]" etc.. |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:19:34 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
YOANN P <address@hidden> skribis:
> I was thinking than "~/.guix-profile/manifest" was a valid manifest file due
> to his name, but it seems not that is the case from the error i've got
>
> https://pastebin.com/Z7h2t5mL
>
> After some search , i've finally understand that the instantiated profile
> couldn't be used as source profile for "guix package -m" etc... due to the
> same words despite use case and is a bit confusing
I agree it’s a bit confusing. The manual does make it clear that -m
expects source code that evaluates to a manifest object, though.
> https://gnunet.org/bot/log/guix/2016-05-27#T1040380
>
> It will be really convenient to only have the instantiate profile to easily
> maintain it in a vcs system.
>
> Despite what ludo said in 2016 on IRC, i didn't see those options yet.
> Did i missed them ?
> If not implemented yet, any news about this feature ? :)
No news I’m afraid :-) but I’ve opened an issue so we keep track of it:
https://issues.guix.info/issue/32844
Maybe you can help?
Thanks,
Ludo’.