Andy Wingo <wi...@igalia.com> skribis: > On Mon 07 Mar 2016 22:11, l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > >> Andy Wingo <wi...@pobox.com> skribis: >> >>> I installed gnome using >>> >>> guix package --profile=/tmp/foo-profile -i gnome >>> >>> There is a lot of stuff there. If gnome-desktop-service extends >>> profile-service-type with gnome, will that not "pollute" a lot of >>> profiles? Attached is a listing of that profile. >> >> Good point, this sounds undesirable (and shows that some packages would >> benefit from separate outputs—e.g., “doc” output for xcb.) >> >> What exactly is required? Would it work to change the ‘gnome’ >> meta-package to union only the bin/ sub-directories instead of >> everything? > > I do not know. What I would want would be just the binaries and > anything needed in share/. It would be great if there were no > development-related files there, as that's the only area where I care > about "purity" or "pollution". Something seems to be propagating > libraries into the profile.
Right. I think we should rewrite the ‘gnome’ meta-package in terms of ‘union-build’ and explicitly include only bin/ and share/. WDYT? > I will punt on the issue though; I think it's a problem with one of > the gnome packages and not the service. OK, makes sense. Ludo’.
