Re: Unison with non-Guix machines

[Efraim Flashner]

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 06:46:51AM -0500, Julien Lepiller wrote:
> From guix, you could try:
> 
> guix build unison --with-input=ocaml=ocaml@4.07 
> --with-input=ocaml-findlib=ocaml4.07-findlib
> 
> Or from a manifest, (package-with-ocaml4.07 unison).
> 

I can confirm that it builds but I don't have a way to test it.

I suppose other options are to provide a unison-with-ocaml407 package or
to create a static output for ocaml with the static build and not just
static libraries.

> Le 24 novembre 2020 05:53:17 GMT-05:00, Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr> a 
> écrit :
> >On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 11:42:47AM +0100, zimoun wrote:
> >> It looks like you are doing by hand what “guix pack” does for you.
> >;-)
> >> Especially, open the unison doc, look for the compiling options, burn
> >> CPU to recompile it.  Anyway. :-)
> >
> >Exactly, that kind of thing! But I had some time to spend in an
> >audioconference so could have a look at the source code :)
> >
> >> BTW, is it worth to add a recipe about Unison in the Cookbook?
> >
> >Probably not, since nobody else complained about the problem.
> >And since people can use "guix pack". We can reconsider if the
> >messages of desperate unison users start flowing in.
> >
> >Andreas

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