Hi, Csepp <raingl...@riseup.net> skribis:
> I'd like to figure out what Guix will try to build before I run an > upgrade on my netbook, so I always use --dry-run. I'm pretty sure in > the past it used to show more information, but today it just showed that > it will download 20 megs, without saying what package that 20 megs are > for, which ones will be built, which ones are downloaded, or anything > useful at all. > > And now I see it's building Caja. Why did it not warn me beforehand? > No idea. I understand this is a source of confusion. It has to do with “grafts” (which themselves are about applying security updates): if substitutes for a package are missing, Guix has a partial view of the dependency graph, which is why it can only tell you about extra builds/downloads later on in the process (it does report them, only later). (If you’re curious, see <https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2020/grafts-continued/> for details.) Thanks, Ludo’.
