On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 at 21:52, Tom via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org> wrote: > > To add detail here: > > Doing `guix package -d 18 -S 17` actually works. > > This gives me the impression that the order of arguments is relevant to the > processing of them.
It is known and cumbersome: a feature? ;-) Other examples: guix package -I -A # does nothing guix package -A -I # list available > Another, similar, example is: > > guix package -l --profile=a > > this doesn't work. But the most curious thing is that this does: > > guix package --list-installed --profile=a It is worse than that. --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- # OK guix package --list-generations -p /path/to/profile guix package --list-installed -p /path/to/profile # KO guix package -l -p /path/to/profile guix package -I -p /path/to/profile # OK guix package -p /path/to/profile -l guix package -p /path/to/profile -I # KO guix package -l --profile=/path/to/profile # Do nothing guix package -I --profile=/path/to/profile # OK guix package -l --profile=/path/to/profile -l guix package -I --profile=/path/to/profile -I --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Well, it seems there is a bug. :-) Back to the first examples: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- # Do something guix package --list-installed -A # Do nothing guix package -I -A --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Thanks for reporting. All the best, simon
