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From: Pjotr Prins <pjotr.public12@thebird.nl>
Subject: Fixing broken pacakges
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 09:07:42 +0000
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I just wrote a section on how you can fix problems with a build by
using -K and git. The example is CMake here, but the strategy is
generic: 

  https://github.com/pjotrp/guix-notes/blob/master/HACKING.org#fixing-problems

Git can help create a patch which can be used in Guix to patch the
source. 

Pj.