From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pierre Neidhardt Subject: Re: How to install prerelease package versions (particularly Emacs) Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2018 18:51:32 +0530 Message-ID: <871sfkpnkz.fsf@gmail.com> References: <871sh1pid1.fsf@gmail.com> <87o9jku2gt.fsf@gmail.com> <87lgeehe5g.fsf@gmail.com> <87lgedx2vn.fsf@gnu.org> <87k1txedot.fsf@gmail.com> <87in9huthf.fsf@gnu.org> <877epwn06z.fsf@gmail.com> <87d0zmhwkl.fsf@gmail.com> <87370hwykf.fsf@gnu.org> <87sh8hiwn5.fsf@gmail.com> <87muypvhh3.fsf@gnu.org> <87tvsh3fkt.fsf@gmail.com> <87vacwddz3.fsf@gmail.com> <873700pz45.fsf@gmail.com> <87efjkmvkl.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40049) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6cAX-0006Ra-89 for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:21:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6cAT-00008G-7t for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:21:41 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c00::22e]:33042) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6cAT-00007h-19 for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:21:37 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id f15so3699091pfn.0 for ; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 06:21:36 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <87efjkmvkl.fsf@elephly.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: help-guix@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Here=E2=80=99s mine: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > (define-public my/emacs > (package (inherit emacs) > (name "my-emacs") > (version "26.0.91") > [...] > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Note that RC1 is out. > Since I don=E2=80=99t know what the source code looks like, I can only gu= ess > that maybe you need to bootstrap the build system first. No, my local folder has all the files, including the "configure" file. The whole point of working over a directory instead of an archive or a git reference is that all files are re-used as-is. =2D-=20 Pierre Neidhardt When in doubt, tell the truth. -- Mark Twain --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAlrPXVwACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH/d3Qf/RY5xjpJKlIQcXheDfORKPNGFCF29eRvBFIwbmRoe8Z+CJ7htt/ysAwE4 wipBg20lXmMdRNca2IxKxxyorzlsj3lTpLkMHru2dPsweZzlnRDl6fzilfbgefJU UkTq+aL/gM5hxByyMO1Gst5cZt45O9MYKhNr5OXEPP5vlBkoIgJqHlg10rV2p/tL qOraxVaep9yLQwHTDdJjln7siqnV7FJq7+VvhSxZzxjkFRDRVWycU/xApve3/uFs E1VtwHGIRSj13im3JGXO1qWqxTvCelPhp87+SWeZuyoF2LIr1AazDvBweS/AM7oN L1WJPsjuoHNmPKM+XEf5oEJxp6IEtA== =xE3z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--