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Re: Package definition - argument, fix for wrong file format before unpa
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raingloom |
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Re: Package definition - argument, fix for wrong file format before unpack |
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Sat, 21 May 2022 22:29:10 +0200 |
On Sat, 21 May 2022 20:16:06 +0200
白い熊 <help-guix_gnu.org@sumou.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>
> I'm trying to build some old apps - one of them is an emacs package
> only available now via the archive.org Wayback machine.
>
> The problem is though that the download is an xxxx.tar.gz file in
> name - in fact it is really only a tar archive. So guix build fails
> with wrong file format error. Concretely - it is this file:
> https://web.archive.org/web/20110104020844/http://taiyaki.org/elisp/mell/src/mell-1.0.0.tar.gz
>
> I think I should add some "(arguments" lines in the package recipe -
> replacing the unpack phase? However not sure exactly how - am
> searching but haven't found any examples fixing for such a problem.
>
> Could someone advise me - how to specify the file should be unpacked
> as really just a tar archive so that the build can then proceed?
>
> Many thanks.
>
If I remember correctly, the source should get passed as part of the
inputs alist? Try this:
`(replace 'unpack (lambda args (display args)))`
And look at what arguments it gets passed. The store path of the
tarball should be right there.