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bug#55854: "guix refresh" doesn't handle older versions like gtk+@2
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Kaelyn |
Subject: |
bug#55854: "guix refresh" doesn't handle older versions like gtk+@2 |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Jun 2022 17:18:54 +0000 |
When attempting a mass "guix refresh -ru" of system and home profile packages,
some bogus updates were encountered. One category of those is older/multiple
versions of a package all being updated to the latest, as was seen with gtk+@2,
libsigc++@2, and the gtkmm packages. For example:
$ guix refresh gtk+@2
gnu/packages/gtk.scm:851:13: gtk+ would be upgraded from 2.24.33 to 3.94.0
Per the IRC discussion at https://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2022-06-08.log#185744,
those packages should only be upgraded within the same major version. Maxime
suggested adding a REQUIRED-MAJOR-VERSION field to such packages so they are
updated correctly: https://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2022-06-08.log#185842
(Side note: I believe gtk+ uses a numbering scheme of x.9y.0 for pre-releases
of the (x+1).0.0 release; i.e. gtk+ 3.94.0 is a pre-release of gtk 4.)
- bug#55854: "guix refresh" doesn't handle older versions like gtk+@2,
Kaelyn <=