Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net> skribis: > Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> writes: > >> l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: >> >>> Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> skribis: >>> >>>> I just tried to update my GuixSD system to commit >>>> c57b56722f6c167c5a285f47802047de85a356ae on master. "guix system build" >>>> failed with the following error: >>>> >>>> guix system: error: profile contains conflicting entries for gtk+:out >>>> guix system: error: first entry: gtk+@2.24.31:out >>>> /gnu/store/901ify6fr2zlr2y2acpvlqr8lygmwj98-gtk+-2.24.31 >>>> guix system: error: ... propagated from exo@0.10.3 >>>> guix system: error: ... propagated from xfce@4.12.0 >>>> guix system: error: second entry: gtk+@3.22.15:out >>>> /gnu/store/fhqaljm8cf78irhqjbrm8n0ri1k2cznm-gtk+-3.22.15 >>>> guix system: error: ... propagated from libxfce4ui@4.12.0 >>>> guix system: error: ... propagated from garcon@0.4.0 >>>> guix system: error: ... propagated from xfce@4.12.0 >>> >>> I just tried and Exo builds fine with GTK+3, so I would think this >>> reference to GTK+2 was a mistake. Can you check if it works fine for >>> you with this change? >> >> After changing Exo to use Gtk+3, I get this: >> >> guix system: error: profile contains conflicting entries for gtk+:out >> guix system: error: first entry: gtk+@2.24.31:out >> /gnu/store/0m9hpckvamd048zgsrhx1dx2s5hrg1qk-gtk+-2.24.31 >> guix system: error: ... propagated from libxfce4ui@4.12.0 >> guix system: error: ... propagated from garcon@0.4.0 >> guix system: error: ... propagated from xfce@4.12.0 >> guix system: error: second entry: gtk+@3.22.15:out >> /gnu/store/hc090rjjka3r9spvzl7yn5hcc2xgrgdh-gtk+-3.22.15 >> guix system: error: ... propagated from libxfce4ui@4.12.0 >> guix system: error: ... propagated from garcon@0.4.0 >> guix system: error: ... propagated from xfce@4.12.0 > > libxfce4ui propagates both gtk+@3 and gtk+@2. There is no conflict > between these two versions of gtk, because they are installed into > separate sub-directories under $prefix/lib.
So this is on purpose, right? Sounds weird no? > How should we handle exceptions like this? Should packages get a new > property that would allow them to specify that they do not conflict with > a certain variant? Good question, we could add a property I suppose. At any rate, we need a quick fix for Xfce. What’s the best approach? Ludo’.
