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Subject: Re: Removing a store reference from a file
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:43:56 -0700
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To: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
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Hi!

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:

> The programs don't need or use this reference, so it would be nice to
> get rid of it and save users some bandwidth when installing Go programs.

[...]

> I see that in Guix we have ((guix build utils) remove-store-references),
> which removes *all* store references from a file, but using it here
> leaves the Go executable unable to even start execution. I think it
> needs libc's linker:

It surely does.  :-)

What about adjusting =E2=80=98remove-store-references=E2=80=99 to create a
=E2=80=98remove-store-reference=E2=80=99 (singular) procedure in (guix build
go-build-system)?  That should be doable.

HTH,
Ludo=E2=80=99.