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Comment by cbaines

No, you just update the package definition for A and release the updated package definitions, people will then be using the updated A, whether directly or through other packages (X, Y, B, M, N, ...).

There is an issue here of rebuilding all those dependent packages with the updated A, especially if it's something like glibc. Guix includes a mechanism called grafts that allows for package replacements, which allows avoiding this, and this is often used for releasing security fixes.

parent cbaines 6 years ago

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