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From: Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>
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To: Carlo Zancanaro <carlozancanaro@gmail.com>
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Hi Carlo,

> On 20 December 2017 9:19:00 pm AEDT, Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net> wrote:
>> > guix build python-activepapers 
>>--with-source=~/Development/python-activepaper
>>guix build: error: lstat: No such file or directory: 
>>"~/Development/python-activepapers"
>
> I found earlier today that the tilde wasn't expanded in guix package
> --manifest. Maybe it's the same for --with-source. Try putting your
> home directory in as an absolute path.

Oops, you are right! So

   guix build python-activepapers --with-source=$HOME/Development/python-activepapers/

actually works, but

   guix build python-activepapers --with-source=$HOME/Development/python-activepapers

(without the terminating slash) doesn't:

  guix build: error: guix/scripts/build.scm:155:6: package
  `python-activepapers-0.2.2' has an invalid input: ("source"
  "/gnu/store/bbi86dn5nq6f79lhvs7ghzisjahjaq5p-python-activepapers")

Perhaps I should stop trying to understand computers ;-)

Thanks,
  Konrad.