Re: using dpkg-deb in a Guix package definition

[zimoun]

Hi,

On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 at 11:48, Benjamin Slade <beoram@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've been using this package [
> <https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/applications/networking/browsers/brave/default.nix#L177>
> ] from Nix on top of Guix System, but I'd like to create my own Guix
> package for it instead. Are there any good examples of writing a Guix
> package definition using dpkg? 

I do not know what is «this package». :-)

Well, if by using ’dpkg’ you mean reuse the binary inside a .deb
archive, then no, not good examples.  Guix tries hard to build from
source.

For your curiosity, you could give a look at the ’copy-build-system’;
maybe that could fit your needs.


Cheers,
simon