Hi Tobias,
On Thu, 15 Oct 2020 at 02:38, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <m...@tobias.gr> wrote:
> Well, yes, but probably not in the way you mean: they aren't
> specified at all. Oh dear, nckx's responding to a question about
> ‘dependencies’. Apologies to those who know what's coming.
[...]
> If you apply the patch below you'll see (e.g., with ‘guix size’)
> that installing only knot:tools will pull in knot{:out,:lib}
> without any human-made hints to that effect.
Wow! Thank you for the detailed explanation. I have also been
puzzled by this and my mind was still a bit foggy on the topic. Now
all clear! :-)
> Attached patch:
>
> $ guix size /gnu/store/...-knot-3.0.1-doc
> total: 0.2 MiB (no references)
> $ guix size /gnu/store/...-knot-3.0.1-lib
> total: 145.0 MiB (self: 2.4 MiB)
> $ guix size /gnu/store/...-knot-3.0.1
> total: 171.1 MiB (self: 5.2 MiB; refers to :lib)
> $ guix size /gnu/store/...-knot-3.0.1-tools
> total: 164.9 MiB (self: 0.4 MiB; refers to :lib)
>
> Old monolithic knot:
>
> $ guix size /gnu/store/...-knot-3.0.1
> total: 171.5 MiB (self: 8.0 MiB)
These numbers are self explanatory for me. Maybe this example could
go to the Cookbook?
All the best,
simon
