From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id QNViN0ks7V6zBgAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:21:13 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id UBc4M0ks7V7xXgAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:21:13 +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 A4E1094021E for ; Fri, 19 Jun 2020 21:21:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:34782 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jmORk-0005OJ-Lx for larch@yhetil.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:21:12 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34122) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jmORc-0005Lj-Az for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:21:04 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:57550) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jmORb-0005eY-Hj; Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:21:03 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=39378 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jmORa-00021U-Ib; Fri, 19 Jun 2020 17:21:03 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: pkill9 Subject: Re: Change the '--with-source' flag to use the syntax `--with-source=PACKAGE=SOURCE` References: <20200617141716.1fb9f553@runbox.com> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 2 Messidor 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: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 23:21:00 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20200617141716.1fb9f553@runbox.com> (pkill9@runbox.com's message of "Wed, 17 Jun 2020 14:17:16 +0100") Message-ID: <87v9jmda6b.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 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: KunZ+hjyxuZo Hi, pkill9 skribis: > I propose changing the `--with-source` flag to use the syntax of > similar `--with-...` flags such as `--with-commit`, e.g. > `--with-source=3DPACKAGE=3DSOURCE`, because currently you need to > change a file to match the form "package-version.extension`, and it > searches the package graph to find the package to replace the input > with. It's annoying having to download a source file and change it's > filename just to have it work with this flag. You can use =E2=80=98--with-source=3DPACKAGE=3DSOURCE=E2=80=99, too: https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Package-Transformation-Options.h= tml Ludo=E2=80=99.