From: Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net>
To: Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name>
Cc: 51471@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#51471] [PATCH] gnu: Add geth-binary.
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 08:51:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875ytgp5bm.fsf@kitej> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211029012159.14007-1-attila@lendvai.name>
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Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name> skribis:
> It downloads, verifies, and patches the official binary release of the
> go-ethereum client using patchelf.
>
> * gnu/packages/geth-binary.scm (geth-binary): New variable.
> ---
>
> dear fellow Guix hackers,
>
> RFC: would Guix accept a package like this? if yes, then i welcome any
> feedback, this is my first binary package. i welcome also pointers to
> other packages from which i should mimic something.
>
> this is only lightly tested for now, but before i tidy everything up,
> i wanted to know whether such a beast would ever be accepted.
Hi,
The official Guix repository can only include free software built from
sources. For a package definition downloading a binary, you have to use
a custom channel [1].
[1] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Channels
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2021-10-29 1:22 [bug#51471] [PATCH] gnu: Add geth-binary Attila Lendvai
2021-10-29 8:51 ` Guillaume Le Vaillant [this message]
2021-10-29 19:31 ` bug#51471: " Attila Lendvai
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