guix package --remove $PKG downloads and updates other packages

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dian_cecht wrote on 26 Feb 2017 18:01
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Recently I had to remove duplicity from a profile because it doesn'tsupport hardlinks, and something very interesting happened:

=== start of output ===guix package --remove duplicityThe following package will be removed: duplicity0.7.11 /gnu/store/3a9ggca9cw4gv69lg8ihi1c6jx2xd92j-duplicity-0.7.11
substitute: warning: 'https_proxy' is ignoredupdating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'...100.0%g'... 95.2% The following derivations will be built: /gnu/store/s8a6rx3qrgpbw3mrllp2zmijxkrzzgh6-profile.drv /gnu/store/46qgf7ws2rcz260sxhxf4bh5a7a3n5ks-mkfontscale-1.1.2.drv /gnu/store/3j49ffh3v8dd9al122jfb5kvghrzjlds-module-import.drv /gnu/store/4ff02yd8i72pfw5nki15v51abdsnn9vw-module-import-compiled.drv /gnu/store/p20nk4l00zywxwbl5fkdrha5ajwc9lw2-mkfontscale-1.1.2.drv /gnu/store/z3dq9p2hrv3ihckx3b10hambla1advqq-mkfontdir-1.0.7.drv /gnu/store/n4ypy18jmpwpmc591pf80cy6aiw8igsn-fonts-dir.drv /gnu/store/a5f32zly8isws5n8jnnrqz97acf0z0qv-texinfo-6.3.drv /gnu/store/mlyxjdnwna57v4y38955p3wj67lihn7p-info-dir.drv /gnu/store/25l9jdfj56yb8na0wb1khixg1zwq94f2-module-import.drv /gnu/store/b7lrgb3dzy9d6l41ya7cy8vnf674qr6y-module-import-compiled.drv /gnu/store/275lpklrjq74dwbzlafnlb8rd2xdqvnq-ca-certificate-bundle.drv /gnu/store/3jggaks2xcmk72ykgqkl703i07mm3f4s-module-import-compiled.drv /gnu/store/5kafw17sff053kk4a80ynvza3vlf2ack-guile-2.0.12.drv /gnu/store/hknlvn5319g9pinz6f3r59qjp4b9399g-module-import.drvThe following files will be downloaded: /gnu/store/i7228ph97vqbpw8v4m0xmfgnppy149vq-mkfontscale-1.1.2 /gnu/store/7cvdqkddzbcan5jxwyvsmar0h7wlckik-module-import-compiled /gnu/store/sq03gq3lhpwgbiy9k5klnqd2q8z7iwxp-module-import /gnu/store/8l77r5ikky0ghm1w9zc2pxfn80rb5n5w-mkfontdir-1.0.7 /gnu/store/j6k8xgsqrl5v1ajqh3i1wb603rzzg1jg-texinfo-6.3 /gnu/store/dn9f03l4zh3y35632sv1zppydbag3n17-libfontenc-1.1.3Downloadinghttps://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/nar/3qp4y2xf4ra1fmqrnpgivcc8fj1z1mkp-guile-2.0.12-debug(6.0MiB installed)... warning: 'https_proxy' is ignoredguile-2.0.12-debug1.5MiB/s 00:01 | 1.6MiB transferred
Downloadinghttps://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/nar/dn9f03l4zh3y35632sv1zppydbag3n17-libfontenc-1.1.3(82KiB installed)... warning: 'https_proxy' is ignoredlibfontenc-1.1.34.5MiB/s 00:00 | 24KiB transferred
Downloadinghttps://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/nar/sq03gq3lhpwgbiy9k5klnqd2q8z7iwxp-module-import(928B installed)... warning: 'https_proxy' is ignoredmodule-import69KiB/s 00:00 | 268B transferred
Downloadinghttps://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/nar/i7228ph97vqbpw8v4m0xmfgnppy149vq-mkfontscale-1.1.2(40KiB installed)... warning: 'https_proxy' is ignoredmkfontscale-1.1.22.8MiB/s 00:00 | 19KiB transferred
Downloadinghttps://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/nar/7cvdqkddzbcan5jxwyvsmar0h7wlckik-module-import-compiled(82KiB installed)... warning: 'https_proxy' is ignoredmodule-import-compiled2.8MiB/s 00:00 | 26KiB transferred
Downloadinghttps://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/nar/8l77r5ikky0ghm1w9zc2pxfn80rb5n5w-mkfontdir-1.0.7(4KiB installed)... warning: 'https_proxy' is ignoredmkfontdir-1.0.7896KiB/s 00:00 | 4KiB transferred
Downloadinghttps://mirror.hydra.gnu.org/nar/j6k8xgsqrl5v1ajqh3i1wb603rzzg1jg-texinfo-6.3(8.2MiB installed)... warning: 'https_proxy' is ignoredtexinfo-6.31.2MiB/s 00:01 | 1.4MiB transferred
grafting'/gnu/store/3qp4y2xf4ra1fmqrnpgivcc8fj1z1mkp-guile-2.0.12-debug' ->'/gnu/store/wlfk0g4vjb1qdicyk0p1cdhbgijm2fll-guile-2.0.12-debug'...grafting '/gnu/store/6slzn4ixcjlhy3av3biglqfli9pwxcn9-guile-2.0.12' ->'/gnu/store/vmq9sbjjwi57v4wv0ydjwl3c7h3dr6rm-guile-2.0.12'... grafting'/gnu/store/i7228ph97vqbpw8v4m0xmfgnppy149vq-mkfontscale-1.1.2' ->'/gnu/store/4v3ddshnwv8aj4gacmchyzhr01asj5n7-mkfontscale-1.1.2'...grafting '/gnu/store/8l77r5ikky0ghm1w9zc2pxfn80rb5n5w-mkfontdir-1.0.7'-> '/gnu/store/kxk2mf5wcpia9lg8sq66f8nr3kq4nxg9-mkfontdir-1.0.7'...grafting '/gnu/store/j6k8xgsqrl5v1ajqh3i1wb603rzzg1jg-texinfo-6.3' ->'/gnu/store/s5zdanc9qz915fr729a0nidma1i5xm4z-texinfo-6.3'... 6 packagesin profile=== end of output ===
I don' know why, but removing duplicity effectivly updated otherpackages in the profile, which most certainly isn't related to uninstalling a package. I don't know if this is how things are meant tobe, but this behavior is entirely unexpected and makes no sensewhatsoever to me (especially since it has literally nothing to do withuninstalling a program).
If this is the intended behavior, then I think some thoughts on whetheror not this violates the user's right to choose when and how they updatetheir system is needed.
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 8 Mar 2017 09:56
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<dian_cecht@zoho.com> skribis:
Toggle quote (36 lines)> Recently I had to remove duplicity from a profile because it doesn't> support hardlinks, and something very interesting happened:>>> === start of output ===> guix package --remove duplicity> The following package will be removed:> duplicity> 0.7.11 /gnu/store/3a9ggca9cw4gv69lg8ihi1c6jx2xd92j-duplicity-0.7.11>> substitute: warning: 'https_proxy' is ignored> updating list of substitutes from 'https://mirror.hydra.gnu.org'...> 100.0%g'... 95.2% The following derivations will be built:> /gnu/store/s8a6rx3qrgpbw3mrllp2zmijxkrzzgh6-profile.drv> /gnu/store/46qgf7ws2rcz260sxhxf4bh5a7a3n5ks-mkfontscale-1.1.2.drv> /gnu/store/3j49ffh3v8dd9al122jfb5kvghrzjlds-module-import.drv> /gnu/store/4ff02yd8i72pfw5nki15v51abdsnn9vw-module-import-compiled.drv> /gnu/store/p20nk4l00zywxwbl5fkdrha5ajwc9lw2-mkfontscale-1.1.2.drv> /gnu/store/z3dq9p2hrv3ihckx3b10hambla1advqq-mkfontdir-1.0.7.drv> /gnu/store/n4ypy18jmpwpmc591pf80cy6aiw8igsn-fonts-dir.drv> /gnu/store/a5f32zly8isws5n8jnnrqz97acf0z0qv-texinfo-6.3.drv> /gnu/store/mlyxjdnwna57v4y38955p3wj67lihn7p-info-dir.drv> /gnu/store/25l9jdfj56yb8na0wb1khixg1zwq94f2-module-import.drv> /gnu/store/b7lrgb3dzy9d6l41ya7cy8vnf674qr6y-module-import-compiled.drv> /gnu/store/275lpklrjq74dwbzlafnlb8rd2xdqvnq-ca-certificate-bundle.drv> /gnu/store/3jggaks2xcmk72ykgqkl703i07mm3f4s-module-import-compiled.drv> /gnu/store/5kafw17sff053kk4a80ynvza3vlf2ack-guile-2.0.12.drv> /gnu/store/hknlvn5319g9pinz6f3r59qjp4b9399g-module-import.drv> The following files will be downloaded:> /gnu/store/i7228ph97vqbpw8v4m0xmfgnppy149vq-mkfontscale-1.1.2> /gnu/store/7cvdqkddzbcan5jxwyvsmar0h7wlckik-module-import-compiled> /gnu/store/sq03gq3lhpwgbiy9k5klnqd2q8z7iwxp-module-import> /gnu/store/8l77r5ikky0ghm1w9zc2pxfn80rb5n5w-mkfontdir-1.0.7> /gnu/store/j6k8xgsqrl5v1ajqh3i1wb603rzzg1jg-texinfo-6.3> /gnu/store/dn9f03l4zh3y35632sv1zppydbag3n17-libfontenc-1.1.3
As surprising as it may seem, this is expected: to build a profile, youneed Guile and a couple of other packages (such as Texinfo, to build the‘dir’ file), which is why extra things are being downloaded/built.
I agree this is confusing, especially the way the UI shows it. But it’san important feature.
Toggle quote (4 lines)> If this is the intended behavior, then I think some thoughts on whether> or not this violates the user's right to choose when and how they update> their system is needed.
IMO this doesn’t violate the user’s right to choose when they updatetheir system because it doesn’t update their system.
Thoughts?
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 23 Apr 2017 01:34
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