Re: Reviving Emacs-Guix

[zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 15 Nov 2020 at 15:11, Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> wrote:

> My bad, makes sense now.

If it makes sense…

>> Especially if
>>
>>      (guix-eval-in-repl
>>        "(guix-build \"nyxt\" \"--no-grafts\" \"--check\")")
>>
>> works fine.
>
> What do you mean with this part?

… I mean replace the current offending part:

    (guix-eval-in-repl
     (format (concat "(build-package* (package-by-id %d)"
                     " #:use-substitutes? %s"
                     " #:dry-run? %s)")
             package-id
             (guix-guile-boolean guix-use-substitutes)
             (guix-guile-boolean guix-dry-run)))))

by something like:

    (guix-eval-in-repl
     (format (concat "(guix-build \"%s\" \"%s")
             package-name
             some-options)

in the Emacs function ’guix-build-package’ which is the one that chokes
the build part of Emacs-Guix.  Then this ’guix-build-package’ function
has to be exposed to ’M-x’, currently not and I do not why.

Somehow replace/rewrite ’build-packages*’ which seems the offender.  Not
Geiser.  If you confirm that it works for you in *ielm*.

The function ’guix-devel-build-package-source’ is another story because
it means interactive-ness.  Well, I have not looked into.  But similar
trick could be used.

Cheers,
simon