From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mathieu Lirzin Subject: Re: How to install prerelease package versions (particularly Emacs) Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:08:24 +0200 Message-ID: <87muypvhh3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <871sh1pid1.fsf@gmail.com> <87o9jku2gt.fsf@gmail.com> <87lgeehe5g.fsf@gmail.com> <87lgedx2vn.fsf@gnu.org> <87k1txedot.fsf@gmail.com> <87in9huthf.fsf@gnu.org> <877epwn06z.fsf@gmail.com> <87d0zmhwkl.fsf@gmail.com> <87370hwykf.fsf@gnu.org> <87sh8hiwn5.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33723) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f1tlc-0004KC-WE for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:08:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f1tlc-0001rG-3t for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Mar 2018 09:08:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87sh8hiwn5.fsf@gmail.com> (Pierre Neidhardt's message of "Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:49:10 +0530") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Pierre Neidhardt Cc: help-guix@gnu.org Pierre Neidhardt writes: > Mathieu Lirzin writes: > >> I think you have to use the =E2=80=98local-file=E2=80=99 procedure in pl= ace of =E2=80=98origin=E2=80=99 >> in the =E2=80=98source=E2=80=99 field. > > Unless I'm mistaken, local-file does not work on folders. In the case > of a Git repo, that would mean extracting the archive and overwriting > the destination on each build. It's not a solution then. With the =E2=80=98#:recursive?=E2=80=99 keyword option set to #t, =E2=80=98= local-file=E2=80=99 should work for directories. --=20 Mathieu Lirzin GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37