ng0 writes: > Hi, > > Kei Kebreau writes: > >> A package for those who like to roam around the lower levels of their >> machines. As soon as this package is verified to build successfully and >> reproducibly on another user's machine, I can push it to the repos. >> >> From 37c3cc1021671d93dca2c34c4d3b392173b84ef1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Kei Kebreau >> Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 13:59:59 -0400 >> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add dmidecode. >> >> * gnu/packages/linux.scm (dmidecode): New variable. >> --- > > I don't understand.. is an upgrade not enough? > > ng0@shadowwalker ~$ guix package -s dmidecode > name: dmidecode > version: 2.12 > outputs: out > systems: x86_64-linux i686-linux armhf-linux mips64el-linux > dependencies: > location: gnu/packages/admin.scm:982:2 > homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/ > license: GPL 2+ > synopsis: Read hardware information from the BIOS > description: Dmidecode reports information about your system's hardware > as > + described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard. > This > + typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, > BIOS > + version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying level > of > + interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer. This will > often > + include usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion slots (e.g. AGP, > PCI, > + ISA) and memory module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, > + parallel, USB). Wow! I must have misspelled dmidecode when I searched for it! Silly me. :-P I've attached a new patch. I don't know whether updating a version number necessitates a copyright assignment, so I omitted it.