From: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>, guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to manage package replacements?
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 12:19:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86y1n8ueyx.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877cv1nl1k.fsf@cbaines.net>
Hi Chris,
On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 at 12:51, Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net> wrote:
> This is probably connected with package replacements, maybe the original
> package definition should be marked as hidden? Anyway, I think the
> bigger point here is I'm not sure what's meant to be done when adding
> replacements for a package, and I don't know how to find out what's
> meant to be done?
The issue is ’define-public’ which is unexpected for a replacement. It
should be only ’define python-pillow/security-fixes’ or hides it.
Aside, I agree that grep in the source with ’/fixed’ to find examples
how to write grafts and replacement is not the best documentation. :-)
Cheers,
simon
prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-04-04 11:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-28 11:51 How to manage package replacements? Christopher Baines
2023-03-30 10:03 ` Andreas Enge
2023-04-04 10:19 ` Simon Tournier [this message]
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