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Re: G-expressions in native-search-paths


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Subject: Re: G-expressions in native-search-paths
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 11:39:42 +0100

Reza Housseini <reza.housseini@gmail.com> writes:
> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
>> There's two issues here:
>> One, you can't use a gexp in FILES.  This will work fine:
>>    (files (list (string-append "share/" name "-" version)))
>
> "name" and "version" come directly from the package definition?
> How do I know where to use gexp's and where not?

Have a read of these:

  Dissecting Guix, Part 1: Derivations
    https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2023/dissecting-guix-part-1-derivations/

  Dissecting Guix, Part 2: The Store Monad
    https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2023/dissecting-guix-part-2-the-store-monad/

  Dissecting Guix, Part 3: G-Expressions
    https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2023/dissecting-guix-part-3-g-expressions/

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