See also https://issues.guix.gnu.org/58859 and linked issues (some already mentioned and most authors on this thread are involved in some/all of these issue reports). I think this all points to the need for some fixes and/or clarity here for the user.
(apologies for the top post and formatting while I'm away from a proper computer) -------- Original Message -------- On May 17, 2023, 4:23 AM, Attila Lendvai wrote: >> I could not find documentation on this circumstance or how to resolve. > >> Both 'parallel' and 'moreutils' produce a 'bin/parallel' and only one > can >> go in the $GUIX_PROFILE. i have proposed a solution for a special case of >> this problem: to do alphanumeric sorting, which together with semantic >> versioning picks the latest from the collisions of different versions of the >> same package. see: https://issues.guix.gnu.org/50878#12 the cleanup commits >> reached master by now, but the actual change of the semantics of the union >> has not. it needs to be revived/rebased. in its current form it wouldn't >> help in your case, but it points to the relevant part of the codebase. HTH, >> -- • attila lendvai • PGP: 963F 5D5F 45C7 DFCD 0A39 -- “In a country where >> the sole employer is the State, opposition means death by slow starvation. >> The old principle: who does not work does not eat, has been replaced by a >> new one: who does not obey shall not eat.” — Leon Trotsky
