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To: help-guix@gnu.org, Anthony Quizon <anthoq88@gmail.com>

Le 22 avril 2020 02:23:56 GMT-04:00, Anthony Quizon <anthoq88@gmail=2Ecom> =
a =C3=A9crit :
>I'm trying to experiment with my own channel packages=2E
>
>Here is my current channel code:
>https://github=2Ecom/anthonyquizon/guix-channel
>
>The docs in https://guix=2Egnu=2Eorg/manual/en/html_node/Channels=2Ehtml
>mentions
>that if I have packages in a subdirectory, I need to specify its
>location
>in =2Eguix-channel=2E
>
>However, doing this, 'guix pull' does not work and giving me an error:
>
>
>*|builder for
>`/gnu/store/04xj2y92320w5jd2rs3kqcdd4wxg0w78-anthonyquizon-packages=2Edrv=
'
>failed to produce output path
>`/gnu/store/ky6097zcynxvwdkmgk5vw7p2qrqwyby8-anthonyquizon-packages'
>
>               build of
>/gnu/store/04xj2y92320w5jd2rs3kqcdd4wxg0w78-anthonyquizon-packages=2Edrv
>failed         *
>
>(I've renamed =2Eguix-channel to _guix-channel for now)
>
>I tried to add a package in the root folder and was not able to search
>or
>install it via "guix search hello-foo" and "guix install hello-foo"
>after a
>"guix pull"=2E
>
>The package builds fine with "guix build -L =2E anthony-hello"=2E
>
>Is there something I'm missing?

In your case you don't need a =2Eguix-channel because your package modules=
 are named correctly:

In a/b/c=2Escm is module (a b c), no need for a =2Eguix-channel

If in a/b/c=2Escm is module (b c), you'll need to specify a as thc subdire=
ctory where modules are located=2E Does it make sense?