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Re: Guile reader package names are problematic
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Mark H Weaver |
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Re: Guile reader package names are problematic |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Feb 2013 23:57:50 -0500 |
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address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) writes:
> Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> skribis:
>
>> Andreas Enge <address@hidden> writes:
>>> How about naming them "guile-reader" with a version number of
>>> 0.6-1.8.8 and 0.6-2.0.7, or the other way round 1.8.8-0.6 and
>>> 2.0.7-0.6?
>>
>> We can't do this, because it would break the version-number comparison
>> logic. One option would be to change the dash to something else.
>> Maybe tilde?
>>
>> guile-reader-for-guile~1.8.8
>> guile-reader-for-guile~2.0.7
>
> Good idea.
Unfortunately, tilde seems to be forbidden in package names.
address@hidden:~/guix$ ./pre-inst-env guix package -i
guile-reader-for-guile~2.0.7
error: build failed: invalid character `~' in name
`guile-reader-for-guile~2.0.7-0.6-guile-builder'
How about using underscore instead? That seems to be allowed.
guile-reader-for-guile_1.8.8
guile-reader-for-guile_2.0.7
Mark
Re: Guile reader package names are problematic, Ludovic Courtès, 2013/02/14