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Subject: Re: Building from a local source code checkout
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To: Martin Castillo <castilma@uni-bremen.de>
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Martin Castillo <castilma@uni-bremen.de> skribis:

> Why can't guix use the argument package name argument?
>                  v-- this one
> guix build python-activepapers --with-source=3D$HOME/Dev/AP

Because there can be several packages passes as arguments to =E2=80=98guix
build=E2=80=99.

Now it would make sense to DTRT when there=E2=80=99s just one package on the
command line.

Ludo=E2=80=99.