From: Ian Eure <ian@retrospec.tv>
To: Christoph Buck <dev@icepic.de>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Apply a patch to a given package definition
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:15:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a5h6520b.fsf@meson> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ed6jy2pj.fsf@icepic.de>
Hi Cristoph,
Christoph Buck <dev@icepic.de> writes:
> Hi Ian!
>
>> You can have your source inherit from the original package’s,
>> but with
>> modifications -- just like the package itself. This might not
>> be
>> exaxtly right, but should give you the right idea:
>>
>> (define-public u-boot-new-cool-board-arm
>> (package
>> (inherit ub)
>> (version "2024.01")
>> (source
>> (origin
>> (inherit (package-source ub))
>> (patches (append (origin-patches (package-source ub))
>> '("0001-Add-board-description-for-new-cool-board.patch")))))))
>>
>> Any fields you don’t want to modify will be inherited, so you
>> may be
>> able to eliminate the version field as well.
>
> Oh i didn't know i can use inherit for all all (?) record
> types. On
> hindsight it is pretty obvious. Thanks! Your solution works
> perfect!
>
Yes, it’s very handy. I’m glad my suggestion was helpful.
>
> By chance, do you know if a transformation would also work and
> if so,
> how?
>
I’ve never messed with package transformations, so I don’t know.
Thanks,
— Ian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-08-20 21:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-08-19 8:19 Apply a patch to a given package definition Christoph Buck
2024-08-19 23:02 ` Ian Eure
2024-08-20 9:15 ` Christoph Buck
2024-08-20 21:15 ` Ian Eure [this message]
2024-08-27 14:19 ` Simon Tournier
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