From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Crake-Merani Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Scripting for installing a module Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 10:46:49 +0100 Message-ID: <20220705094649.k2sm7v63z62b7ys5@jamescrake-meraniarch> References: <20220701171539.uuwwdnvtkvsfetc4@jamescrake-meraniarch> <20220702084605.uodozysntgij3oky@jamescrake-meraniarch> <1132e011-a27f-0e6a-606f-f2a0f6e83030@posteo.de> <20220703073529.mcirf2tyhhwmmhmk@arch-surface> <868rp8t1rf.fsf@bonfacemunyoki.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20174"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Zelphir Kaltstahl , adriano , guile-user@gnu.org To: Munyoki Kilyungi Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 05 11:48:25 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-user@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o8fAP-00051J-0H for guile-user@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:48:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34198 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8fAM-0002v0-Hw for guile-user@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 05:48:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54492) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8f8y-0002tQ-92 for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 05:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [178.62.35.155] (port=56878 helo=jamescm.co.uk) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o8f8v-0006np-TV for guile-user@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Jul 2022 05:46:55 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (host86-163-71-217.range86-163.btcentralplus.com [86.163.71.217]) by jamescm.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 970A560DB0; Tue, 5 Jul 2022 09:46:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=jamescm.co.uk; s=mail; t=1657014409; bh=ECYbx1SywEKqT6FUXaWG9LJpB2wu5am8c5MsWfWShc8=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=VLRN19d9qVs4IewusnrpF02oU5hqskU5abRe8WIpXEA8AuBDS1SeOkodiZEqIWpWr d9CEoUIA2xIvg7fAEBpaWLMiHx0jWUKUWKBXIyWxEGxvwLHgxxGxUWTSL2IZdrkATs 7dshtHMAxxfFglnjtn56wzjuwVTVlrzbNHM7UcFcKt/swRfD1Bm/KuDXn41DY9+4Nb 9Wv72fa0EWZ0Bv53yQPEkmcF+jc0LBM+cH3Uugr1ibxr3muLnmLon2Ja65qzMR92qU l6p3j3lG3Zj/N5yvs1c5bBbuD3MJTQEjAILefYjHBz7AJ10Tz1LHAE6hk8x/FEnK7S 8NvSN94k7ReTQ== Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <868rp8t1rf.fsf@bonfacemunyoki.com> X-Host-Lookup-Failed: Reverse DNS lookup failed for 178.62.35.155 (failed) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=178.62.35.155; envelope-from=james@jamescm.co.uk; helo=jamescm.co.uk X-Spam_score_int: -8 X-Spam_score: -0.9 X-Spam_bar: / X-Spam_report: (-0.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_INVALID=0.1, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, RDNS_NONE=0.793, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: guile-user@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Guile related discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "guile-user" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.lisp.guile.user:18398 Archived-At: On 22/07/05 11:14am, Munyoki Kilyungi wrote: > James Crake-Merani > anaandika: > > [...] > > > Hi, > > > > The reason why I have been a bit reluctant to use GNU Guix for this > > sort of thing is that the distro I use is not Guix but rather Arch > > Linux. > > I run Arch Linux + GNU Guix (as a package manager) > and it's a nice experience. I use GNU Guix as my > primary package manager. I'd recommend you give > it a try ;) > > > I do intend to try out GNU Guix in the future but at the moment > > I have lots of other things to do. I am aware Guix does work on > > foreign distros but I will need to learn how to use it first. > > > > I understand what you say regarding Guile Hall. I too do not > > understand the autotools machinery but it did seem simple to setup > > without that understanding. Thanks for sharing your repository. > > > > Worth mentioning that GNU Guix provides facilities > for bundling packages using "guix pack". You > could provide "tar.gz" files, or even bundle > things inside docker/squashfs containers for easy > distribution without requiring your end-user to > download anything extra. For more read: > > > [...] > > -- > (Life is like a pencil that will surely run out, > but will leave the beautiful writing of life.) > (D4F09EB110177E03C28E2FE1F5BBAE1E0392253F > (hkp://keys.gnupg.net)) Hi, Thanks for letting me know! I will have a look at that.