From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp1 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id EPTsDtYwkF91cQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:00:06 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp1 with LMTPS id CFK+CtYwkF9qewAAbx9fmQ (envelope-from ) for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:00:06 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F28389403A0 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:00:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:41866 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kVDim-0002RW-V4 for larch@yhetil.org; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:00:04 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52620) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kVDia-0002Pw-Ra for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:59:52 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:48333) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kVDiZ-0000MK-15; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:59:51 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=43398 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kVDiY-0005iG-Bs; Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:59:50 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Danny Milosavljevic Subject: Re: Importing package-overlay-for-Nix - How? References: <20201020104852.26e62055@scratchpost.org> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 30 =?utf-8?Q?Vend=C3=A9miaire?= an 229 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 14:59:49 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20201020104852.26e62055@scratchpost.org> (Danny Milosavljevic's message of "Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:48:52 +0200") Message-ID: <87lffz4tve.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -0.51 X-TUID: Or8TUk+izOFn Hi, Danny Milosavljevic skribis: > How do I use it > > guix import nix > > in order to import those packages? This importer has bitrot; it could probably be salvaged with some effort from someone knowledgeable about today=E2=80=99s Nix (i.e., not me :-)): https://issues.guix.gnu.org/32339 Another option would be to delete it altogether: it only contributes a tiny bit to the packaging effort. Only a tiny bit because the difficult part is written as Bash and/or Nix functions, which the importer cannot =E2=80=9Ctranslate=E2=80=9D. Let=E2=80=99s look at the examples you give: > https://github.com/librerpi/rpi-open-firmware/blob/master/bcm2835.nix Could be imported, minus =E2=80=98preConfigure=E2=80=99. > https://github.com/librerpi/rpi-open-firmware/blob/master/bootloader.nix This is not a package but a NixOS =E2=80=9Cmodule=E2=80=9D (akin to a Guix = service type). > https://github.com/librerpi/rpi-open-firmware/blob/master/default.nix This looks like a package collection (obfuscated, though). > https://github.com/librerpi/rpi-open-firmware/blob/master/netboot.nix Not a package but a =E2=80=9Cmodule=E2=80=9D for a custom initrd. > https://github.com/librerpi/rpi-open-firmware/tree/master/nix Not sure what that is. In short, the importer would save you 2mn of typing for the first file, little more. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.