On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> wrote:
> Hi Guix,
>
> one problem that I’ve stumbled upon with R packages is that new versions
> occasionally depend on new inputs.  “guix refresh -u” updates the
> version number and the hash for me, but it doesn’t tell me that new
> inputs are needed — or that existing inputs have been dropped —
> according to upstream’s DESCRIPTION file.
>
> Usually, these things become obvious when I rebuild all updated
> packages, but it’s possible I miss something.
>
> Do you think “guix refresh” should also mention changes to inputs?

Looks a good idea, maybe with an additional -r / --recursive param...

-- 
Vincent Legoll

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