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>> ~$ echo $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH
>> /home/dannym/.local/guix
>> ~/.local/guix/gnu/packages$ ls
>> patches/  pythonb.scm  pythonc.scm  rust.scm
>>
>> The files look just like the ones in the guix git repo. (last time I tried, "patches"/ actually didn't work - it doesn't find them. Everything else works just fine)
>
> According to the source ('%patch-path' from (gnu packages) module),
> patches should be placed directly in your "/home/dannym/.local/guix"
> directory (not in "patches" subdir).

That's my experience too, but maybe it works by specifying your patches with
the right prefix each time...

(patches (search-patches "patches/machin-build-fix.patch"))

I've not tried that, I've put them at the root of $GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH instead...

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Vincent Legoll