bug#55521: closed (‘guix shell --export-manifest’ can yield incorrect results)

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> ‘guix shell --export-manifest’ can yield incorrect results
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> Thu, 19 May 2022 13:42:50 +0200
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> Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux)
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> ‘guix shell --export-manifest’ behaves in a strange way:
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> $ guix shell rubber --export-manifest
> ;; What follows is a "manifest" equivalent to the command line you gave.
> ;; You can store it in a file that you may then pass to any 'guix' command
> ;; that accepts a '--manifest' (or '-m') option.
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> (specifications->manifest (list "rubber"))
> $ guix shell texlive-base --export-manifest
> ;; What follows is a "manifest" equivalent to the command line you gave.
> ;; You can store it in a file that you may then pass to any 'guix' command
> ;; that accepts a '--manifest' (or '-m') option.
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> (specifications->manifest (list "texlive-base"))
> $ guix shell texlive-base rubber --export-manifest
> ;; What follows is a "manifest" equivalent to the command line you gave.
> ;; You can store it in a file that you may then pass to any 'guix' command
> ;; that accepts a '--manifest' (or '-m') option.
> (concatenate-manifests)
> $ guix describe
> Generation 214  May 02 2022 21:44:14    (current)
>   guix 6b588da
>     repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>     branch: master
>     commit: 6b588da368c77cde82ea2f22ca315116228777ad
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> Something breaks when combining ‘rubber’ with other packages.
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> Ludo’.
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> Re: bug#55521: ‘guix shell --export-manifest’ can yield incorrect results
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> Hi,
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> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> skribis:
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> > Uh, weird.  I do encounter it like this:
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> > $  guix time-machine --commit=6b588da368c77cde82ea2f22ca315116228777ad -- 
> > shell --export-manifest texlive-base rubber
> > ;; What follows is a "manifest" equivalent to the command line you gave.
> > ;; You can store it in a file that you may then pass to any 'guix' command
> > ;; that accepts a '--manifest' (or '-m') option.
> > (concatenate-manifests)
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> Turns out the problem occurs if the given environment has been cached by
> a previous invocation (thanks to Marek Felšöci for putting me on the
> right track!).
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> Fixed in 925a57c5d04553ff6c514867348e7d3c5c22ca66.
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> Ludo’.
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