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?