Re: removal of induces installation of other package

[Hartmut Goebel]

Hi,

Am 04.11.2018 um 22:06 schrieb Leo Famulari:
> If you have updated Guix (`guix pull`) since your last profile was
> created, the collection of software required to build profiles may have
> been updated. So, now you need that software in order to make the new
> profile.
>
> It's a bit counterintuitive that removing a package may require
> something new, but it's expected behaviour for Guix.

I experienced an even more irritating behavior:

On a system which I hadn't touched for long, I switched a profile - from
an old one it's predecessor. Even in this case guix started to download
substitutes and build software.

I find this behavior extremely irritating.

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Regards
Hartmut Goebel

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