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[bug#54216] [PATCH staging] gnu: shepherd: Build it from git, and clean
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Maxime Devos |
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[bug#54216] [PATCH staging] gnu: shepherd: Build it from git, and clean up shepherd-for-guix. |
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Thu, 03 Mar 2022 15:36:53 +0100 |
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zimoun schreef op wo 02-03-2022 om 10:14 [+0100]:
> Hi Attila,
>
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 20:42, Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name> wrote:
>
> > unfortunately, it won't help us much here, because one snippet modifies
> > Makefile.am, while the other Makefile.in.
>
> Guix does not have a clear line for patching (or I am not aware of the
> update); what is going to source+snippet vs arguments+phase. Pros and
> cons for both; basically the question is what "guix build --source"
> should return?
>
> Option source+snippet means it returns the source of what Guix really
> builds
Seems like a pro for source+snippet (or source+patch, though that
would be a bit more verbose) to me.
> -- so many packages would not respect this rule of thumb.
In that case, it seems like there are plenty of package definitions to
improve!
> Option arguments+phase means it returns the real unmodified upstream
> source (modulo removal of non-free) -- so "guix shell -D foo" would
> break for many packages.
I assume you meant "guix build --source foo"?
This seems like a con for "phases+arguments" to me.
Sometimes, to hack on software, I download the source code with
"guix build --source the-package", unpack it and do
"guix shell -D the-package".
I don't see much value in returning the unmodified upstream source.
Especially since in this case the modified source fixes a bug
(well, works-around a Guile bug). As long as it's source code, it
builds, it doesn't do things like bundling, including binaries or
non-free things, and it avoids being Guix-specific and fixes known
bugs, it seems good source code to me.
Also, most packages don't modify upstream code, so I don't see
the ‘would break for many packages’ here ...
> Difficult tension. :-)
As implied from my explanations above, I don't see any tension here.
> That's said, personally, in this case, instead of having the Makefile*
> patch in 'source', I would do the patching using a phase.
It's ‘merely’ setting some compilation flags, so maybe.
Both options seem fine to me here but I don't see a point to _moving_
from the snippet-shed to phase-shed.
Greetings,
Maxime.
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- [bug#54216] [PATCH] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., Maxime Devos, 2022/03/01
- [bug#54216] [PATCH v2] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., Attila Lendvai, 2022/03/01
- [bug#54216] [PATCH v2] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., Maxime Devos, 2022/03/01
- [bug#54216] [PATCH v2] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., Attila Lendvai, 2022/03/01
- [bug#54216] [PATCH v2] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., zimoun, 2022/03/02
- [bug#54216] [PATCH v2] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., Leo Famulari, 2022/03/02
- [bug#54216] [PATCH v2] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., Maxime Devos, 2022/03/03
- [bug#54216] [PATCH v2] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., zimoun, 2022/03/03
- [bug#54216] [PATCH v2] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., Leo Famulari, 2022/03/05
- [bug#54216] [PATCH v2] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., Maxime Devos, 2022/03/05
- [bug#54216] [PATCH staging] gnu: shepherd: Build it from git, and clean up shepherd-for-guix.,
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- [bug#54216] [PATCH staging] gnu: shepherd: Build it from git, and clean up shepherd-for-guix., zimoun, 2022/03/03
[bug#54216] [PATCH v3] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., Attila Lendvai, 2022/03/03
[bug#54216] [PATCH staging] gnu: shepherd: Build it from git, and clean up shepherd-for-guix., Attila Lendvai, 2022/03/03
[bug#54216] [PATCH shepherd staging v2] gnu: shepherd: Build it from git, and clean up shepherd-for-guix., Attila Lendvai, 2022/03/04
[bug#54216] [PATCH v4] gnu: shepherd-for-guix: New package for use in Guix., Attila Lendvai, 2022/03/21
[bug#54216] [PATCH staging v3] gnu: shepherd: Build it from git, and clean up shepherd-for-guix., Attila Lendvai, 2022/03/21