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Re: why 'package --remove' download stuff?


From: zimoun
Subject: Re: why 'package --remove' download stuff?
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 01:54:53 +0100

Hi Julien,

Thank you for the explanations.

On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 19:30, Julien Lepiller <address@hidden> wrote:
> Le 13 février 2020 13:03:02 GMT-05:00, zimoun <address@hidden> a écrit :

> >--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> >$ guix package -r gmsh
> >The following package will be removed:
> >   gmsh 2.16.0  /gnu/store/0hqlq7lgvgbkrw5nvqr4xcl14hmv78n0-gmsh-2.16.0
> >
> >substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://ci.guix.gnu.org'...
> >100.0%
> >substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://ci.guix.gnu.org'...
> >100.0%
> >substitute: updating substitutes from 'https://ci.guix.gnu.org'...
> >100.0%
> >The following derivations will be built:
> >   /gnu/store/1h4iqwcbrzc313hs3sfdfiyn9cssfacv-profile.drv
> >   /gnu/store/b0rkfyyhnninw448q0m42lnaxhgsb8j6-config.scm.drv
> >116.6 MB will be downloaded:

[...]

> >^C
> >--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

> I think this is due to profile hooks.

Hmm? Okish... but it is really annoying. And I do not understand the
reason of this.
I mean try to remove a package and see that ~120MB will be downloaded,
it appears at best awkward.

What should be the workaround?



Cheers,
simon



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