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From: HiPhish <hiphish@posteo.de>
Subject: Re: sha256: base32 VS nix-base32
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2018 12:34:17 +0200
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To: Ludovic =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Court=E8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
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Thanks, that answers my question then. Maybe it would be worth adding a not=
e=20
in the manual for future users?

On Sonntag, 9. September 2018 12:26:57 CEST you wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> HiPhish <hiphish@posteo.de> skribis:
> > When using `guix download` and `guix hash` there are (among other) the
> > formats `nix-base32` and `base32`. It appears that when writing a packa=
ge
> > definition I have to use the former with the `(base32 "...")` expressio=
n.
> > This really confused be because I thought that "base32" means "base32" =
on
> > both sides. What is the deal with this?
>=20
> Package definitions expect a nix-base32-formatted string, even though
> the macro is called =E2=80=98base32=E2=80=99 and not =E2=80=98nix-base32=
=E2=80=99.  Internally Guix uses
> =E2=80=98nix-base32=E2=80=99 exclusively so you shouldn=E2=80=99t have to=
 worry about it.
>=20
> HTH,
> Ludo=E2=80=99.