Re: Kernel config

[ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès)]

Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com> skribis:

> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Here’s a more complete example that works for me.
>>
>> First, I have this linux-libre.scm file in my GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> (define-module (linux-libre)
>>   #:use-module (guix gexp)
>>   #:use-module (guix packages)
>>   #:use-module (gnu packages linux)
>>   #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
>>
>> (define-public my-own-linux-libre
>>   (package
>>     (inherit linux-libre)
>>     (name "linux-libre-for-myself")
>>     (native-inputs
>>      `(("kconfig" ,(local-file "./my-kernel.conf"))
>>        ,@(alist-delete "kconfig" (package-native-inputs linux-libre))))))
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> In the same directory lies the file ‘my-kernel.conf’.
>>
>> With this, I can do:
>>
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>> $ guix build linux-libre-for-myself -n --no-grafts
>> The following derivation would be built:
>>    /gnu/store/23b25z660ahglylv5blm2l9cbrc639c2-linux-libre-for-myself-4.6.4.drv
>> $ guix gc --references /gnu/store/23b25z660ahglylv5blm2l9cbrc639c2-linux-libre-for-myself-4.6.4.drv | grep my-kernel
>> /gnu/store/pq885cy0bi73acwh1wdx4agn5y5vrf2z-my-kernel.conf
>> $ cat /gnu/store/pq885cy0bi73acwh1wdx4agn5y5vrf2z-my-kernel.conf
>> Fake kernel conf.
>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>
>> Does something similar works for you?
>
> No, I get:
>
> guix build: error: /home/vince/guix-packages/linux-libre.scm:8:2:
> package `linux-libre-for-myself-4.5' has an invalid input: ("kconfig"
> #<<local-file> file: "./my-kernel.conf" absolute: #<promise
> #<procedure 55079f0 at ice-9/eval.scm:416:20 ()>> name:
> "my-kernel.conf" recursive?: #f>)

Support for using ‘local-file’ and similar in package inputs was added
by commit da675305ddf2ba574e309e515d18ae1f778297be (June 15th).

Could it be that you’re using an older Guix?

Thanks,
Ludo’.