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bug#41183: [PATCH] guix package, show: Support multiple queries.
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
bug#41183: [PATCH] guix package, show: Support multiple queries. |
Date: |
Mon, 11 May 2020 22:25:45 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) |
Hello,
zimoun <address@hidden> skribis:
> * guix/scripts/package.scm (process-query): Show multiple queries.
> * guix/scripts/show.scm (guix-show): Reverse to display in order.
Yay, applied!
> Note that:
>
> 1. "guix package" processes from right to left.
> 2. "guix show" processes from left to right.
>
> It is how "guix packages" is implemented. However, it appears more natural to
> display in order; that's why "guix show" reverses the order.
>
> 3. Because dealing with multiple different queries does not seems "keep it
> simple", "guix package" starts with the last query (the most of left) and
> then processes all the queries corresponding to this one.
>
>
> For example,
>
> a) guix package --show=emacs --search=hello --show=libffi
> will show the packages 'emacs' and 'libffi', skipping 'search'.
>
> b) guix package --show=emacs --show=libffi --search=hello
> will search the package 'hello', skipping 'show'.
>
> It is already how '--search' works and has been extended to '--show'. Does it
> need to be documented in the manua?
Weirdness. I think we should improve all that rather than document it,
addressing also some of the issues raised in
<https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/40549>.
Thanks,
Ludo’.