Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com> writes:

> thierry@moncourriel.eu writes:
>
>> From c759d206188cbabb17198614247dbbeb9d4803bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Grillon <thierry@moncourriel.eu>
>> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 23:25:55 +0100
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: python-py3status: Update file dependency
>>
>> * gnu/packages/python-xyz.scm (python-py3status): Update file as
>> propagated dependecy
>
> Thanks!  Do you know how "file" is used for py3status?  Ideally we would
> patch all invokations of "file" so that it uses the absolute file name,
> instead of propagating it, along these lines:
>
>   (substitute* "foo.py"
>     (("'file'") (string-append "'" (which "file") "'")))
>
> Can you see if such an approach is feasible for python-py3status?

It's been a few months, is this patch still relevant?

Thanks,

Chris