Hi Ian, On Sat, Jan 20 2024, Ian Eure wrote: > I agree that this would make sense, but my understanding is that `guix > package' doesn’t work like that -- it only performs the final > operation in the list. IMO, it should either do *everything* the > commands specify, or print an error and take no action.
It can accumulate multiple commands. As an example, if you create a profile with a single package in it: $ guix package -i hello The following package will be installed: hello 2.12.1 ... more output... then you can remove that package and install another package in a single transaction: $ guix package -r hello -i coreutils The following package will be removed: hello 2.12.1 The following package will be installed: coreutils 9.1 ... more output... The inconsistency here is that some commands can be combined (specifically adding and removing), whereas others cannot (probably everything else). > I agree, I don’t think the situation can be improved without finding a > solution to preserve BC. But, I didn’t think it was worth making > detailed plans for any of this before gauging whether the problem was > one broadly considered to be worth solving. I think it would be great to have a consistent CLI, so I would love it if we were able to solve this problem. Carlo