From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jorge" Subject: Re: How to install prerelease package versions (particularly Emacs) Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2018 13:46:00 +0000 Message-ID: <030f33dbc8f7a93baeadcfa6b115bde0@disroot.org> References: <871sh1pid1.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]:49483) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1es7UI-0005XS-JF for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Mar 2018 08:46:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1es7UF-0006HA-Gt for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Mar 2018 08:46:10 -0500 Received: from knopi.disroot.org ([178.21.23.139]:33710 helo=disroot.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1es7UF-0006Gu-6j for help-guix@gnu.org; Sat, 03 Mar 2018 08:46:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: <871sh1pid1.fsf@gmail.com> 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: Oleg Pykhalov Cc: help-guix@gnu.org March 3, 2018 7:24 AM, "Oleg Pykhalov" wrote:=0A> G= uix package collection provides only stable package releases for the=0A> = most part.=0AThat's a pity.=0A=0A> You could write a package recipe with = a new version based on original=0A> recipe, see [1].=0A> =0A> Also you co= uld try =E2=80=98--with-source=E2=80=99 [2], but in Emacs case the packag= e=0A> recipe should be tweaked a little bit, so it will probably not work= .=0A> =0A> [1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2017-09/msg000= 74.html=0A> [2]=0A> https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Pa= ckage-Transformation-Options.html#Package-Trans=0A> ormation-Options=0ATh= ank you for your tips! For now I=E2=80=99ll keep building Emacs manually= , but=0Awhen I become more knowledgeable about Guix I intend to follow yo= ur=0Ainstructions.=0A=0ARegards=0A=0A- I am Brazilian. I hope my English= is correct and I welcome feedback=0A- Please adopt free formats like PDF= , ODF, Org, LaTeX, Opus, WebM and 7z=0A- Free/libre software for Android:= https://f-droid.org/=0A- [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html][= What is free software?]]