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 14:42:26 +0530 Message-ID: <873700pz45.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> 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]:51169) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6YHR-0006KE-Ko for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 05:12:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f6YHP-0002kd-0N for help-guix@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Apr 2018 05:12:33 -0400 In-reply-to: <87vacwddz3.fsf@gmail.com> 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: Chris Marusich Cc: help-guix@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chris Marusich writes: > Can you share the package definition? Let's start from the most straight-forward: (define-public emacs-dev (package (inherit emacs) (name "emacs-dev") (version "26.0.91") (source (local-file "/home/ambrevar/projects/emacs-build" #:recursive? #t)))) =2D-=20 Pierre Neidhardt Must I hold a candle to my shames? -- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice" --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEUPM+LlsMPZAEJKvom9z0l6S7zH8FAlrPIvoACgkQm9z0l6S7 zH+UtQgAkNm2yM4Flx+q8hrwNIO+wo9wku536ElB25ZwXQL8k//GZpIkPEQIpdYg gcMnGOnkqXjFMiBzcg1ezQSSChoD2JIOwj76pQf809HVN7ngM3yDEMRlZxoEjY2O 7a5ExNNqYS3/EdiSqfl9nPFsufWCbEnAMeM3QNS4En70/DiNHbaP2no6tFYBC/XS rzfC5SpQOR4169ej+rvuzv4NQPPk0fQWgiqK5na2sQSUI/kQ6gTfF4j2boJDaIe3 OJx3fQXL+yPFeRjtjDr/8Rxs2KAAt7axaiFzcgRmd40NUkYBPlLivPkVKaBARGne QFfNo37wwCnZYW9DDO1ruV+N3QJiyA== =+/Zs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--