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Re: Should the linter warn if a package depends on multiple versions of
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Leo Famulari |
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Re: Should the linter warn if a package depends on multiple versions of the same program? |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:00:10 -0500 |
On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 12:59:16PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> Currently we have a problem caused by glibmm-2.64 propagating two
> different versions of libsigc++:
>
> https://issues.guix.gnu.org/52519
>
> I think this is something that is rarely desirable.
>
> Maybe the linter could check for cases like this? Of course, "cases like
> this" still needs to be defined exactly...
Oh, as happens so often, I spoke too soon. The linter actually warns:
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gnu/packages/glib.scm:811:3: glibmm@2.64.5: propagated inputs libsigc++@2.9.3
and libsigc++@3.0.6 collide
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