From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: Customising linux-libre Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 22:11:56 +0200 Message-ID: <67ba13da5f2285a568c9760bd7b9e37d@tobias.gr> References: <20160719164916.6597-1-david@craven.ch> <20160719164916.6597-5-david@craven.ch> <20160719221158.7c56d128@scratchpost.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41992) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQgnp-0005eX-CE for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:12:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQgnj-0005oB-AU for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:12:08 -0400 Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.198]:35165) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQgnj-0005o7-3T for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 16:12:03 -0400 In-Reply-To: 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: Vincent Legoll Cc: guix-devel , David Craven Vincent, Thanks for the quick reply! On 2016-07-22 21:58, Vincent Legoll wrote: >> Does anyone know a reason why all the .config stuff couldn't be >> moved to a separate 'configure-phase, before I waste my time? ;-) > > There's a thread in help-guix that may be relevant: > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2016-07/msg00096.html Yes, in the sense that Ludo's example from that thread was what got me started. I hadn't expected it to be so easy. What I actually meant was: why is everything up to ‘make oldconfig’ part of the build phase, and not a separate 'configure phase? Kind regards, T G-R -- Sent from a web browser. Excuse my brevity.