From: Jean Louis <guix@rcdrun.com>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Nils Gillmann <niasterisk@grrlz.net>
Subject: Re: loudmouth, freetalk
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 12:21:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160330102149.GB10892@protected.rcdrun.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <idjtwjo8e2l.fsf@bimsb-sys02.mdc-berlin.net>
Sure, but existing files don't work, I asked for assistance on that. It
is not useful to add non-working package definitions, right?
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:17:38PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
>
> Hi Jean Louis,
>
> > Regarding single line on the end, that is because I used:
> >
> > guix build -f file.scm
> >
> > to test it, as it has to evaluate to something.
>
> I suggest to do the following:
>
> * clone the guix repository
>
> * add the package definition to an existing file (such as
> “gnu/packages/messaging.scm”)
>
> * then run “./pre-inst-env guix build loudmouth”
>
> That’s closer to how most of us work on Guix and you don’t have to
> add the variable name to the end to evaluate it.
>
> This will also make it easier for you to generate a patch by commiting
> your change and then running “git format-patch -1”.
>
> ~~ Ricardo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-30 10:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-29 17:23 loudmouth, freetalk Jean Louis
2016-03-29 19:28 ` Nils Gillmann
2016-03-29 21:49 ` Jean Louis
2016-03-30 10:17 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-03-30 10:21 ` Jean Louis [this message]
2016-03-30 10:33 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2016-03-30 11:00 ` Jean Louis
2016-03-30 10:44 ` Nils Gillmann
2016-03-30 16:10 ` Mark H Weaver
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