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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-03-31 23:14:56 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2018-03-31 23:30:50 +0200 |
| commit | fc95dc4c34bf88ebd8c21752bf6d54b5cf752d1a (patch) | |
| tree | 7ebef949fc6268dcbdae3664db9b67f5fcc3bee8 /doc/guix.texi | |
| parent | e1bff5a75c9b9806509a90428b8a87c03cc67248 (diff) | |
guix package: Add '--allow-collisions'.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/30830>.
Suggested by Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>.
* guix/scripts/package.scm (build-and-use-profile): Add
#:allow-collisions? and pass it to 'profile-derivation'.
(show-help, %options): Add '--allow-collisions'.
(manifest-action, process-actions): Pass #:allow-collisions? to
'build-and-use-profile'.
* tests/guix-package.sh: Add collision test.
* doc/guix.texi (Invoking guix package): Document '--allow-collisions'.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/guix.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/guix.texi | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 25c08b9f06..4eac281a82 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -2039,6 +2039,16 @@ variable, even though, taken individually, neither @file{foo} nor @itemx -p @var{profile} Use @var{profile} instead of the user's default profile. +@cindex collisions, in a profile +@cindex colliding packages in profiles +@cindex profile collisions +@item --allow-collisions +Allow colliding packages in the new profile. Use at your own risk! + +By default, @command{guix package} reports as an error @dfn{collisions} +in the profile. Collisions happen when two or more different versions +or variants of a given package end up in the profile. + @item --verbose Produce verbose output. In particular, emit the build log of the environment on the standard error port. |