On Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:31:38 +0100 Andreas Enge <andr...@enge.fr> wrote:
> Hello, > > we have the following in gnome.scm: > $ guix package -A libwnck > libwnck 2.30.7 out gnu/packages/gnome.scm:1464:2 > libwnck 3.14.0 out gnu/packages/gnome.scm:1435:2 > > However, the first one is internally assigned to the variable "libwnck-1". > I assume that someone got inspired by another case where the "-1" is actually > a version number. Is it okay if I rename it to "libwnck-2"? > > Andreas > > efraim@debian-netbook:~$ guix refresh -l libwnck-1 guix refresh: error: libwnck: package not found for version 1 efraim@debian-netbook:~$ guix refresh -l libwnck-2 Building the following package would ensure 1 dependent packages are rebuilt: xfce-4.12.0 efraim@debian-netbook:~$ guix refresh -l libwnck-3 Building the following package would ensure 1 dependent packages are rebuilt: gnome-3.18.3 Looks like a good idea to me. Finding specific non-latest version can be hard, and having the 2.x version having the same string for packaging as for searching should help. -- Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il> אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted
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