Re: loudmouth, freetalk

[Jean Louis <guix@rcdrun.com>]

Sure, but existing files don't work, I asked for assistance on that. It
is not useful to add non-working package definitions, right?

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:17:38PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> 
> Hi Jean Louis,
> 
> > Regarding single line on the end, that is because I used:
> >
> > guix build -f file.scm
> >
> > to test it, as it has to evaluate to something.
> 
> I suggest to do the following:
> 
>   * clone the guix repository
> 
>   * add the package definition to an existing file (such as
>     “gnu/packages/messaging.scm”)
> 
>   * then run “./pre-inst-env guix build loudmouth”
> 
> That’s closer to how most of us work on Guix and you don’t have to
> add the variable name to the end to evaluate it.
> 
> This will also make it easier for you to generate a patch by commiting
> your change and then running “git format-patch -1”.
> 
> ~~ Ricardo