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Subject: [bug#36563] [PATCH] guix: Add directory to channel.
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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 12:28:41 +0200
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To: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
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Hello!

Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> skribis:

> I commonly use a "guix/" subdirectory in upstream that contains updated
> or modified packages.  The toplevel `guix.scm' then uses those package
> definitions.
>
> It would be nice if I could use that "guix/" subdirectory directly in a
> channel.  This means a channel definition should look in a subdirectory
> only: often an upstream source archive contains .scm files that do not
> compile (guix.scm, build-aux/*.scm, etc.)

That makes a lot of sense to me.

I think that, instead of letting the user specify the right directory in
~/.config/guix/channels.scm, it should be the channel author that
specifies the sub-directory.

There=E2=80=99s already support for a =E2=80=98.guix-channel=E2=80=99 file =
so this is where this
=E2=80=98directory=E2=80=99 thing could be added (actually there=E2=80=99s =
a FIXME in
channels.scm about this particular use case :-)).

WDYT?

Ludo=E2=80=99.