Ludovic Courtès writes: > Hi! > > Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis: > >> Roel Janssen (2016-07-23 18:11 +0300) wrote: >> >>> Dear Guix, >>> >>> For some time now, running `guix package --dry-run --upgrade' results in >>> build actions involving grafting. For a dry-run, I find that really >>> odd. I believe the correct behavior should be what can be achieved >>> with: `guix package --dry-run --no-grafts --upgrade'. >> >> I'm totally agree with this; nowadays I always use --dry-run with >> --no-grafts option. > > Same here… > >> As a user I expect that --dry-run means no building at all. >> >> BTW it's not just about ‘guix package --dry-run --upgrade’, it relates >> to all commands, for example ‘guix build --dry-run foo’, etc. >> >> OTOH, if a future ‘--dry-run’ would mean what ‘--dry-run --no-grafts’ >> means now, than how to achieve what ‘--dry-run’ means now? Or rather: >> does anyone use just --dry-run (without --no-grafts)? Is it really >> useful? > > In theory it could be useful for ‘guix build’, since it’s a “low level” > tool and people using it may want to be able to distinguish between > grafted and non-grafted results. > > But honestly, I think changing ‘--dry-run’ to do ‘--dry-run --no-grafts’ > would be fine, and probably better than the current situation.
Could you provide some insight in where I should be looking to att the check to 'graft?'? Kind regards, Roel Janssen
