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References: <20200819040941.32696-1-jackhill@jackhill.us> <87sgc6onvi.fsf@gnu.org> <87h7smd7t1.fsf@gnu.org> <87zh6esmi7.fsf@gnu.org> <87imd2bkot.fsf@netris.org> <87sgc5lpzc.fsf@gnu.org> <878sdxm84i.fsf@netris.org> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 22 Fructidor an 228 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: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 11:00:32 +0200 In-Reply-To: <878sdxm84i.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Sat, 29 Aug 2020 17:53:06 -0400") Message-ID: <87pn6yotan.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (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, Amin Bandali Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; 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: -1.01 X-TUID: 6ecBhf8griqN Hi Mark, Mark H Weaver skribis: > Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> Mark H Weaver skribis: >> >>> (define-public emacs-next >>> (let ((commit "c36c5a3dedbb2e0349be1b6c3b7567ea7b594f1c") >>> (revision "0") >>> (emacs-version "27.0.91")) >>> (package >>> (inherit emacs) >>> (name "emacs-next") >>> (version (git-version emacs-version revision commit)) >>> (source >>> (origin >>> (inherit (package-source emacs)) >>> (method git-fetch) >>> (uri (git-reference >>> (url "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git") >>> (commit commit))) >> >> This can be handled with =E2=80=98--with-git-url=E2=80=99. > > I think that wouldn't work in this case, because we also need to > preserve the existing 'patches' and 'snippet' fields, which I arranged > to inherit above via (inherit (package-source emacs)). That probably > deserves a comment, since it's easily overlooked. > >>> (sha256 >>> (base32 "0mlrg2npy1r79laahkgzhxd1qassfcdz8qk1cpw7mqgf6y5x505h= ")) >>> (file-name (git-file-name name version)))) >>> (native-inputs >>> `(("autoconf" ,autoconf) ; needed when building from trunk >>> ,@(package-native-inputs emacs))) >> >> For this, we=E2=80=99d need a new =E2=80=98--with-extra-input=E2=80=99 p= ackage transformation >> option or similar. That way, we wouldn=E2=80=99t even need an =E2=80=98= emacs-next=E2=80=99 >> package: people would just run >> >> guix install emacs --with-git-url=3D=E2=80=A6 --with-extra-input=3Daut= oconf > > There's also the 'native-search-paths' field, which cannot simply be > inherited because of the version number embedded within EMACSLOADPATH. > This particular issue could be avoided if the 'native-search-paths' > field were a function of the version number, but that raises migration > issues and I'm not sure it's worth it. > > What do you think? Ah yes, both good points that I had overlooked. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.