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Subject: Re: emacs.scm: Suggest add emacs-next or emacs-snapshot
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2015 15:06:41 +0800
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> For non-trivial use cases, I would suggest writing a file like this:
>
>   (use-modules (guix) (gnu packages emacs))
>
>   (package
>     (inherit emacs)
>     (name "emacs-snapshot")
>     (source "/path/to/some-file-or-directory.tar.gz"))
>
> and then run:
>
>   guix package --install-from-file=that-file.scm
>

It is a good tip, thanks!

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