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Re: same package defined in multiple channels?
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Irfan S |
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Re: same package defined in multiple channels? |
Date: |
Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:04:42 +0530 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Andy Tai <atai@atai.org> writes:
> Hi, I wonder if I have multiple Guix channels, and the same package is
> defined in multiple channels, of different versions, what would happen
> if I do guix pull? Would the first package definition encountered in
> the first channel containing the definition of this package in the
> channel list be used, shadowing the other definitions in later
> channels?
Hi Andy,
In such a case, both versions of the package will be available to install. You
could either specify the version like, e.g. ‘guix package -i
mypackage@specific-version’, or if you omit it, the newer version will be
picked automatically.