On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 07:57:32AM -0400, Mark H Weaver wrote: > Hi Leo, > > One more thing: > > Leo Famulari writes: > > + (add-after 'install 'workaround-grafting-version-bug > > + (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys) > > + (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")) > > + (new (string-append out "/lib/perl5/5.26.2")) > > + (old (string-append out "/lib/perl5/5.26.1"))) > > + (symlink new old) > > + #t))))))))) > > It would be better for 'new' to be simply "5.26.2" instead of an > absolute file name. If I'm not mistaken, on ext4, files (including > symlinks) smaller than 60 bytes are stored entirely within the inode, > saving both a disk block and a seek operation when accessing it. Thanks for all your expert advice! I pushed a fix as 44b98b00026e62766620dbc4330a305282d61069.