Re: [PATCH 6/7] guix build: Add 'build-package'.

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès (2015-09-08 23:10 +0300) wrote:
>
>> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> skribis:

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>>> Ludovic Courtès (2015-08-26 14:12 +0300) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe ‘build-package’ could go to (guix packages)?
>>>
>>> ‘build-package’ uses ‘show-…’ procedures from (guix ui) module.  I
>>> thought that adding this module to (guix packages) was not desired, or
>>> is it OK?
>>
>> Right, sorry.  So maybe leave in (guix build scripts) with a comment
>> explaining that it doesn’t have a better place and is for use by the
>> Emacs UI.  (Make sure to use the monadic style as suggested in a
>> previous message.)
>
> So I suppose this comment is not needed anymore (right?) as

Correct.

> 'build-package' will beplaced in (guix scripts), and it looks like a
> rather general procedure.  For example, it may be used for something
> like ‘guix build --package-from-file’ suggested by David:
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-08/msg00107.html>.

‘guix package --install-from-file’ was committed but I don’t think it
actually needs ‘build-package’.

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> From: Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:16:41 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH] scripts: Add 'build-package'.
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> * guix/scripts/system.scm (maybe-build): Move to ...
> * guix/scripts.scm: ...here.
>   (build-package): New procedure.
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> Co-authored-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>

OK!

Thanks,
Ludo’.