Hi,
Chris Marusich <cmmarus...@gmail.com> skribis:
> I've noticed that if I do the following...
>
> guix package -p .guix-profile -i hello
> guix package -p .guix-profile -i coreutils
> guix package -p .guix-profile -r coreutils
>
> ...I get profile generations like the following:
>
> .guix-profile-1-link -> /gnu/store/mbvwb1pv8ps0l39gil41g4zj3khx3r8p-profile
> .guix-profile-2-link -> /gnu/store/m6cwnnxcccnd8bga52jxn74vm67n7ry1-profile
> .guix-profile-3-link -> /gnu/store/qfpmx9rz7kxa8w8r2pz4vj8ilbi70dcp-profile
>
> However, the 1st and 3rd generations are practically the same:
>
> $ diff -r /gnu/store/mbvwb1pv8ps0l39gil41g4zj3khx3r8p-profile
> /gnu/store/qfpmx9rz7kxa8w8r2pz4vj8ilbi70dcp-profile
> diff -r /gnu/store/mbvwb1pv8ps0l39gil41g4zj3khx3r8p-profile/etc/profile
> /gnu/store/qfpmx9rz7kxa8w8r2pz4vj8ilbi70dcp-profile/etc/profile
> 11c11
> < export
> PATH="${GUIX_PROFILE:-/gnu/store/mbvwb1pv8ps0l39gil41g4zj3khx3r8p-profile}/bin${PATH:+:}$PATH"
> ---
>> export
>> PATH="${GUIX_PROFILE:-/gnu/store/qfpmx9rz7kxa8w8r2pz4vj8ilbi70dcp-profile}/bin${PATH:+:}$PATH"
> [1] marusich@garuda.local:/tmp/tmp.ZOTdkBr4rD
> $
>
> Now, this isn't really a problem, since it isn't wasting space, and it
> doesn't take long to build. It's more of a curiosity. Why is it that
> profile generations 1 and 3 don't both point to the same profile in the
> store? Is this expected behavior?
It’s not! Could you look at the derivers of these two profiles (use
‘guix gc --derivers’) and see what differs?
Thanks,
Ludo’.
