Re: guix edit

[Amirouche Boubekki <amirouche@hypermove.net>]

On 2015-06-16 22:26, ludo@gnu.org wrote:
> While looking at another package manager for ideas to steal, I found
> this one to be a good candidate:
> 
>   guix edit gcc-4.8
> 
> will open $EDITOR (aka. “emacsclient”) on the definition of that
> package.  This is pretty handy for developers (even when otherwise 
> using
> Geiser, I think.)
> 
> For “regular users,” it’s less useful because most of the time it will
> open an immutable file.

It's nice, even in read-only mode, to explore how guix is made.

> However, I envision a --clone option that would
> create a file with a module declaration and a template like:
> 
>   (define my-gcc
>     (package (inherit gcc)
>       ;; Complete here...
>       )
> 
> (This part is left as an exercise to the reader.)
> 
> WDYT?

A usecase, I have in mind from experience, is being in vm/container and 
having to edit the recipe for that specific vm *but* that recipe is in 
the main normal repository. Like for instance, gcc for a specific 
target. `guix edit gcc:4.5' should open or clone the correct recipe.


> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.

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