From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Zelphir Kaltstahl Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.user Subject: Re: Newbie thoughts on Guile Hall + Guix Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2022 19:21:02 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87iltt846s.fsf@dustycloud.org> <87v8xsq0zl.fsf@dustycloud.org> <87tudc140c.fsf@elephly.net> <87tudc2hny.fsf@vijaymarupudi.com> <86a6f43uuh.fsf@sdf.org> <87pmo02eus.fsf@vijaymarupudi.com> <1889502f-7ae1-206a-b725-34aad7c76709@posteo.de> <20220206231133.5a467ce2@aicha> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="36215"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: guile-user@gnu.org To: David Pirotte Original-X-From: guile-user-bounces+guile-user=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 07 20:37:43 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 1nH9pW-0009Gr-Rc for guile-user@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:37:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55650 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nH9pV-0002IR-O9 for guile-user@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:37:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:46252) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nH9ZY-0005GW-Nd for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:21:12 -0500 Original-Received: from mout02.posteo.de ([185.67.36.66]:57919) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nH9ZW-0000gP-K4 for guile-user@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Feb 2022 14:21:12 -0500 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout02.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46631240101 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2022 20:21:04 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.de; s=2017; t=1644261664; bh=wsyz1xBW4zUTBvaZmw6H+vWS/AaHVZfLuMJDKCJy0zw=; h=Date:Subject:To:Cc:From:From; b=U8ek6H3EE7VksZRDjgJKq92j28NLGeQeGfiIZAymrrXIW0vvrWZyp2wigqUhP8iAF VAGe5xrZfzgD3iEg3S4eAzbnPAzm57va4sC5xssobXF30S8R8IDV2cQ5RVBvIEQ3c7 4Vlt8t/EDeKuQIjAXzTRTI85Gk59TZvMo+/xxV/lZeXyMVlM6WQJFD6Xrwl3dXc+GC PwZXMUbYGX6GwoCByEak10fHxwtZywG0HcQhoo6yExDPSfEvzLUsMO6O1PoMqufWRM QwJyps0FoS8C3+kAtmsYTFK33REzCc0cOEb/ksYFGZUKqBzv/9evDz1OD3HWKPtHRg X88DW8Xje0m4w== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4Jswwb1xtmz6tnL; Mon, 7 Feb 2022 20:21:03 +0100 (CET) Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <20220206231133.5a467ce2@aicha> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.66; envelope-from=zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de; helo=mout02.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham 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:18027 Archived-At: On 2/7/22 03:11, David Pirotte wrote: > Hello, > >> I find using Guix to be much better than the ./configure && make && >> make stuff. The reason is, that I always think: "What, if it doesn't >> work and I want to clean up my system afterwards?". I can't stand it, >> if any remains of non-working stuff is left on the system. > cd > make -p does-it-work/foo > ./configure --prefix=$HOME/does-it-work/foo > make; make check; make install > # try it ... > > # you like it, keep it or redo the above with what ever $prefix > # suites you > > # you don't like it > rm -rf $HOME/does-it-work/foo > > fwiw, > David Hi David! That seems like a good option! Thanks. I guess I would still depend on the Makefile to be properly written to not put stuff elsewhere. But then again I might be relying on that anyway, when installing things using Guix. Regards, Zelphir -- repositories: https://notabug.org/ZelphirKaltstahl