bug#27284: [PATCH 0/8] 'guix pull' creates several derivations

[Ludovic Courtès]

address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> This patch set leads us to a ‘guix pull’ that creates several
>> derivations instead of just one: “guix-core” (38 files), “guix-extra”,
>> “guix-packages” (388 files), “guix-cli”, “guix-system”.
>>
>> The idea is that we should be able to have substitutes for at least some
>> of them, for instance because “guix-core” doesn’t need to be rebuilt
>> very often.  Most of the time, users will just have to build
>> “guix-packages”, which is still a bit slow, but will hopefully get
>> better as Guile incorporates those long-awaited fixes.
>
> I’ve just pushed this, let me know how ‘guix pull’ works for you!

On IRC Marius reported that it doesn’t work, so I reverted (a very
short-lived commit!).

The issue is that we can’t really get away with module reloading, I’m
afraid.

Ludo’.