From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] gnu: Separate util-linux into three packages. Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2016 15:43:32 +0100 Message-ID: <5825D914.6000508@crazy-compilers.com> References: <1478812461-18483-1-git-send-email-jmd@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55252) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c5D3L-0001qW-VJ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:43:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1c5D3H-00079D-3V for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:43:39 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1478812461-18483-1-git-send-email-jmd@gnu.org> 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" To: John Darrington , guix-devel@gnu.org Am 10.11.2016 um 22:14 schrieb John Darrington: > +(define-public util-linux/base > (package > - (name "util-linux") > + (name "util-linux-base") I'm in favour of naming the variable as the package. This eases using them. > +(define-public util-linux > + (package > + (inherit util-linux/base) > + (name "util-linux") > + (source (origin (inherit (package-source util-linux/base)))) I'm curious: Why do you need to inherit the package-source here? -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |