Hello Ludo, Thanks for your reply.
l...@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) writes: > Hello Diego, > > Diego Nicola Barbato <dnbarb...@posteo.de> skribis: > >> When running the command "guix pull && guix package -i python@2 python" >> instead of installing the latest version of python2 and python3, as it >> used to do until about four weeks ago, guix gives following error >> message (hash values replaced with ...): >> >> guix package: error: profile contains conflicting entries for python:out >> guix package: error: first entry: python@2.7.13:out >> /gnu/store/...-python-2.7.13 >> guix package: error: second entry: python@3.5.3:out >> /gnu/store/...-python-3.5.3 > > Indeed, Guix now refuses to install two different versions or variants > of the same package since in general they would conflict. > > In this particular case, they do not actually conflict, I think, since > python@3 provides executables prefixed by “3” whereas python@2 does not. > > Perhaps we should rename “python” to “python2” or something like that? > > In the meantime, I recommend using separate profiles for your Python 2 > and Python 3 development environments. Is that a viable option for you? Using separate profiles seems like a reasonable option. I also tried using guix environment with the --ad-hoc flag. > Thanks, > Ludo’. Greetings Diego
