Dear,
It is probably more a feature than a bug (and it is expected, I guess).
However, it can be misleading. For example,
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$ guix package -i busybox diffutils -p /tmp/foo
$ ls -l /tmp/foo/bin
[..]
df -> /gnu/store/…-busybox-1.31.1/bin/df
diff -> /gnu/store/…-diffutils-3.7/bin/diff
diff3 -> /gnu/store/…-diffutils-3.7/bin/diff3
dirname -> /gnu/store/…-busybox-1.31.1/bin/dirname
[..]
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And the same result is obtained with the manifest.scm file:
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(specifications->manifest '("diffutils" "busybox"))
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This difference could be counter-intuitive. One of the two lists should
be internally reverse’d. WDYT?
(Even if it is a corner-case, 2 packages providing the same tool, but it
matters for <profile>/manifest.)
All the best,
simon
