From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add Faust and Guitarix. Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:29:57 -0400 Message-ID: <87si9shfzu.fsf@netris.org> References: <87wpz6i72q.fsf@elephly.net> <87wpz6gm6l.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48331) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z4b1H-0000ng-4S for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:30:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z4b1D-0005La-4Z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:30:11 -0400 Received: from world.peace.net ([50.252.239.5]:56553) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z4b1D-0005L4-1R for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:30:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87wpz6gm6l.fsf@gmail.com> (Alex Kost's message of "Sun, 14 Jun 2015 21:49:22 +0300") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Alex Kost Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Alex Kost writes: > Ricardo Wurmus (2015-06-14 19:32 +0300) wrote: > > [...] >> + (build-system gnu-build-system) >> + (arguments >> + `(#:make-flags (list (string-append "prefix=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out"))) > > I think it is clearer to use just '%output': > > `(#:make-flags (list (string-append "prefix=" %output))) I've been wondering about this as well. It seems that Ludovic often (usually?) writes (assoc-ref %outputs "out"), and I wonder why. One possible reason is that it makes it obvious how to get the filename of other outputs. Ludovic, what are your thoughts on this? Thanks, Mark