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To: Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org>
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Mathieu Lirzin <mthl@gnu.org> skribis:

> I have tested successfully with the following command on a foreign
> system:
>
>   guix environment --ad-hoc automake pkg-config guile guix libgcrypt sqli=
te guile-sqlite3
>
> Tell me if it works for you.
>
>> How about including a guix package definition then we can easily build
>> it assuming "we" know how to do out-of-guix-tree package building :)
>
> It would indeed be nice to provide an easy way for Guix users to install
> Cuirass.  IMHO package definitions meant as a development build tool is
> confusing and should be avoided.  Nonetheless, I think it is useful to
> document the previous 'guix environment ...' command in the README.

What about providing a =E2=80=98guix.scm=E2=80=99 file that people could pa=
ss to =E2=80=98guix
environment -l=E2=80=99 (instead of typing the long command above), and to =
=E2=80=98guix
package -f=E2=80=99 (info "(guix) Invoking guix package")?

Ludo=E2=80=99.