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Can't run guix upgrade when a package is installed with the --with-git-url transformation

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From: SeerLite <seerlite <at> nixnet.email>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Can't run guix upgrade when a package is installed with the
 --with-git-url transformation
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 12:45:11 -0400

Hi!

I installed a package with --with-git-url and --with-branch to my profile:

    guix install kakoune 
--with-git-url=kakoune=https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git 
--with-branch=kakoune=breaking-cleanups

However, now I can't run `guix upgrade`. I get the following error:

    guix upgrade: error: the source of kakoune <at> 2021.08.28 is not a Git 
reference

I also tried to add the same transformation options to `guix upgrade`, 
but I got the same error.


Is installing packages with the --with-git-url transformation to 
profiles not supported? Or is this a bug?

Ideally I'd like `guix upgrade` to remember the way in which this 
package was installed and update it accordingly. In this case by 
fetching the latest changes from the breaking-cleanups branch. Is this 
not how this transformation option works?

Thanks :)

Message #8 received at 54942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Greg Hogan <code <at> greghogan.com>
To: SeerLite <seerlite <at> nixnet.email>
Cc: 54942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54942: Can't run guix upgrade when a package is installed
 with the --with-git-url transformation
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:08:43 -0400

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Hi,

The manual page Defining Package Variants [0] gives an example translating
command-line options into a Guix manifest. The full list of options is
found in the source [1] (including with-git-url).

[0] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Defining-Package-Variants.html
[1]
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/guix/transformations.scm?id=237d90a7808cfdced34b34595eba16632cbcb89e#n794

Greg

On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 8:18 AM SeerLite via Bug reports for GNU Guix <
bug-guix <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I installed a package with --with-git-url and --with-branch to my profile:
>
>      guix install kakoune
> --with-git-url=kakoune=https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git
> --with-branch=kakoune=breaking-cleanups
>
> However, now I can't run `guix upgrade`. I get the following error:
>
>      guix upgrade: error: the source of kakoune <at> 2021.08.28 is not a Git
> reference
>
> I also tried to add the same transformation options to `guix upgrade`,
> but I got the same error.
>
>
> Is installing packages with the --with-git-url transformation to
> profiles not supported? Or is this a bug?
>
> Ideally I'd like `guix upgrade` to remember the way in which this
> package was installed and update it accordingly. In this case by
> fetching the latest changes from the breaking-cleanups branch. Is this
> not how this transformation option works?
>
> Thanks :)
>
>
>
>

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Message #11 received at 54942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: SeerLite <seerlite <at> nixnet.email>, 54942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54942: Can't run guix upgrade when a package is installed
 with the --with-git-url transformation
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 21:24:04 +0200

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SeerLite via Bug reports for GNU Guix schreef op do 14-04-2022 om 12:45
[-0400]:
> However, now I can't run `guix upgrade`. I get the following error:
> 
>      guix upgrade: error: the source of kakoune <at> 2021.08.28 is not a Git 
> reference

I guess the problem is that 'with-branch'/'with-commit' come before
'with-git-url' in
<https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/guix/transformations.scm?id=237d90a7808cfdced34b34595eba16632cbcb89e#n794>
(untested!).

Greetings,
Maxime.

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Message #16 received at 54942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: SeerLite <seerlite <at> nixnet.email>
Cc: 54942 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54942: Can't run guix upgrade when a package is installed
 with the --with-git-url transformation
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:54:25 +0200

Hi,

SeerLite <seerlite <at> nixnet.email> skribis:

> I installed a package with --with-git-url and --with-branch to my profile:
>
>     guix install kakoune
>     --with-git-url=kakoune=https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git 
> --with-branch=kakoune=breaking-cleanups
>
> However, now I can't run `guix upgrade`. I get the following error:
>
>     guix upgrade: error: the source of kakoune <at> 2021.08.28 is not a Git
>     reference

[...]

Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> skribis:

> I guess the problem is that 'with-branch'/'with-commit' come before
> 'with-git-url' in
> <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/guix/transformations.scm?id=237d90a7808cfdced34b34595eba16632cbcb89e#n794>
> (untested!).

My guess is rather than the profile records (or replays) transformations
in the wrong order:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix shell kakoune --with-git-url=kakoune=https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git --with-branch=kakoune=breaking-cleanups --export-manifest
;; What follows is a "manifest" equivalent to the command line you gave.
;; You can store it in a file that you may then pass to any 'guix' command
;; that accepts a '--manifest' (or '-m') option.

(use-modules (guix transformations))

(define transform1
  (options->transformation
    '((with-git-url
        .
        "kakoune=https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git")
      (with-branch . "kakoune=breaking-cleanups"))))

(packages->manifest
  (list (transform1 (specification->package "kakoune"))))
$ guix shell kakoune --with-git-url=kakoune=https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git --with-branch=kakoune=breaking-cleanups --export-manifest > /tmp/m.scm
$ guix build -m /tmp/m.scm -v1
guix build: error: the source of kakoune <at> 2021.08.28 is not a Git reference
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

If you change the order of both options in the alist passed to
‘options->transformations’, it’s all good.

Now we need to find the place where things are being reversed…

Ludo’.

Message #21 received at 54942-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: SeerLite <seerlite <at> nixnet.email>
Cc: 54942-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54942: Can't run guix upgrade when a package is installed
 with the --with-git-url transformation
Date: Thu, 05 May 2022 23:58:21 +0200

Hi,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> SeerLite <seerlite <at> nixnet.email> skribis:
>
>> I installed a package with --with-git-url and --with-branch to my profile:
>>
>>     guix install kakoune
>>     --with-git-url=kakoune=https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git 
>> --with-branch=kakoune=breaking-cleanups
>>
>> However, now I can't run `guix upgrade`. I get the following error:
>>
>>     guix upgrade: error: the source of kakoune <at> 2021.08.28 is not a Git
>>     reference
>
> [...]
>
> Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> skribis:
>
>> I guess the problem is that 'with-branch'/'with-commit' come before
>> 'with-git-url' in
>> <https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/guix/transformations.scm?id=237d90a7808cfdced34b34595eba16632cbcb89e#n794>
>> (untested!).
>
> My guess is rather than the profile records (or replays) transformations
> in the wrong order:

I believe this is fixed by 0f024554e63a49e20c2a7a67e928073c266bf5c5.

Please let me know if anything’s wrong!

Ludo’.

Message #24 received at 54942-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: SeerLite <seerlite <at> nixnet.email>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 54942-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54942: Can't run guix upgrade when a package is installed
 with the --with-git-url transformation
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 22:47:15 -0400

On 5/5/22 17:58, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> I believe this is fixed by 0f024554e63a49e20c2a7a67e928073c266bf5c5.
> 
> Please let me know if anything’s wrong!
> 
> Ludo’.

Thank you, works perfectly now! :)

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