From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: getting started test-building packages without breaking the system profile? Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 13:26:35 -0500 Message-ID: <20151207182635.GA24703@jasmine> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60478) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a60Ui-0007A0-HW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:26:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a60Ue-0004y4-4P for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:26:40 -0500 Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.28]:48120) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a60Ud-0004wK-KD for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Dec 2015 13:26:36 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: anonymiss Cc: guix-devel On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 12:54:53PM -0500, anonymiss wrote: > Hi, > > I've read https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Packaging-Guidelines.html and I am done with the gnunet-gtk.scm, at least as far as I can go without testing. > My question is, do I check out the guix.git for testing the package with > ./pre-inst-env guix build $pkg-name --keep-failed > or what is the general recommended process for this? > I know I can even setup VMs within guix with guix, but I just started and need some pointers. If you are just testing packages and not GuixSD / system stuff, try `guix environment --ad-hoc foo`, and maybe also the `--pure` option. This will put the packages in your environment as if they were installed in a profile, without actually making a profile generation. The only downside, to me, is that `guix gc` will delete foo unless you explicity register it as a garbage collector root with `guix build -r foo`. It has been discussed to add this option to `guix environment`, but I'm not sure if any decision was reached: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-10/msg00551.html > > > --anonymiss > ----------------------------------------------- > Email is public and violates our right for secrecy of correspondence. > Talk to me in private: > http://loupsycedyglgamf.onion/anonymiss/ > irc://loupsycedyglgamf.onion:67/anonymiss > https://psyced.org:34443/anonymiss/ > > If you want Email like communication which respects > your privacy and rights and is secure without requiring you to > learn complicated tools, use bitmessage: > (public) bitmessage: BM-2cSj8qEigE3CMaLU3CwPZf7T3LvzvnttsC > > my vcard (sort of): http://krosos.sdf.org