Re: Package variant defined in manifest not visible by Guix

[Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>]

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On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 10:08:34AM +0200, Philippe SWARTVAGHER wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to use a manifest file to define a package variant which adds
> an option to the configure phase:
> 
> ```
> 
> (use-modules (inria storm))
> 
> (define starpu-maxnodes1
>   (package
>     (inherit starpu)
>     (arguments
>       (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments starpu)
>                                     ((#:configure-flags flags '())
>                                      `(cons "--enable-maxnodes=1"
> ,flags))))))
> 
> ```
> 
> When I'm trying to build this variant, guix can't find it:
> 
> ```
> 
> % guix build -c 2 -m starpu-maxnodes1.scm starpu-maxnodes1
> guix build: erreur : starpu-maxnodes1 : paquet inconnu
> 
> ```
> 
> I don't see what I'm doing wrong. Any idea ?
> 
> Just if you want to try these exact commands, StarPU is a package
> defined in this channel:

Inherit inherits everything except for what you override, so your
package can be refered to as starpu-maxnodes1 when using it as an input
for another package (for example), but to build it from the command line
it still has the original name of "starpu".

Also, I haven't tried running 'guix build -m manifest.scm
package-in-manifest', so I don't know if that works or not.

> ```
> 
> (channel
>         (name 'guix-hpc)
>         (url "https://gitlab.inria.fr/guix-hpc/guix-hpc.git")
>         (commit
>           "fa8cc70bc428c08a625a533f778537314be64ce7"))
> 
> ```
> 
> (I didn't subscribe to help-guix mailing list, so please keep me as
> recipient of your answers.)
> 

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