[bug#41164] [PATCH 0/3] Add 'guix graph --path'

[zimoun]

On Sun, 10 May 2020 at 18:18, zimoun <address@hidden> wrote:

> > ‘guix graph --path emacs libffi | xargs guix show’
> >
> > Though ‘guix show’ appears to ignore all but one argument, uh.
>
> Yes.  Because it is a pure alias of "guix package --show='.

To be more explicit, it is because 'process-query' processes only one
query.  Which makes sense in the context of "guix package", e.g.,
"guix package --show=emacs --search=libffi" will be a bad idea, IMHO.
BUt not necessary "guix package --show=emacs --show=libffi".  I do not
know,.

There is an easy fix in 'guix/scripts/show.scm':

   (map (lambda opt (guix-package* opt)) (reverse opts))

but I am thinking if something better is possible to fix "--show=emacs
--show=libffi" too.

Cheers,
simon