Hi, Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hin...@fastmail.net> skribis:
> Unfortunately, when there are several packages with identical name and > version number in two channels, Guix silently chooses one of them. > It would probably be more useful to emit a warning. I believe that’s already the case. Specifically, if there are several packages with the same name and different versions, the newest one is picked up: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ guix build gcc-toolchain -n /gnu/store/9h8cbavj4q7pq1590xsnjw71ww0d06gk-gcc-toolchain-14.2.0-debug /gnu/store/x2kv3zw2k7ql211m5kvb6yw401gab0x9-gcc-toolchain-14.2.0 /gnu/store/9h5kczcvfxs2fgn9708cs70xi0xpjrw6-gcc-toolchain-14.2.0-static --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- When there are several matching packages with the given name and version, you get a warning: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ guix build guile@2.2 -n guix build: warning: ambiguous package specification `guile@2.2' guix build: warning: choosing guile@2.2.7 from gnu/packages/guile.scm:287:2 The following files would be downloaded: /gnu/store/3qj7zmfq5cw5k37zf8qz9dr4kld8rsnd-guile-2.2.7-debug /gnu/store/0g5cbaf3xczis6x11j3h2xc1x1dpp3xk-guile-2.2.7 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- In Guix itself, there are no packages with the exact same name/version pair though. The example above is because there’s 2.2.7 and 2.2.4. Ludo’.
