* Using local package
@ 2018-11-13 7:31 Brett Gilio
2018-11-13 8:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
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From: Brett Gilio @ 2018-11-13 7:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Help Guix
Hi all,
I am wondering about a specific dilemma for developers. I know that I
can run a specific guix environment container of sorts to hack on
package code, but I am curious about how I could do about using that
locally checked out code to build it and run it.
For example, if I git clone emacs and hacked on the source of the
lastest 27.x master branch, what might be the best way to test my
changes without affecting a new revision to my local profile?
Best,
Brett Gilio
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* Re: Using local package
2018-11-13 7:31 Using local package Brett Gilio
@ 2018-11-13 8:42 ` Ricardo Wurmus
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ricardo Wurmus @ 2018-11-13 8:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Brett Gilio; +Cc: Help Guix
Hi Brett,
> I am wondering about a specific dilemma for developers. I know that I
> can run a specific guix environment container of sorts to hack on
> package code, but I am curious about how I could do about using that
> locally checked out code to build it and run it.
You can generate a tarball (e.g. with “make dist”) and then run
guix build the-package \
--with-source=the-tarball.tar.gz
“guix build” returns the store path to the newly built item. It won’t
result in a new generation of your profile. You can usually run the
software using the full store path.
--
Ricardo
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