From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id uKhkJkIqSl9yBwAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 10:13:22 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id 6M02IkIqSl+afAAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 10:13:22 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1677A940877 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 10:13:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:35638 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kBxrM-0004j9-W7 for larch@yhetil.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 06:13:21 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:50950) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kBxrF-0004j1-Tu for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 06:13:13 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51992) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kBxrF-0004kf-H5; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 06:13:13 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=33774 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kBxrE-0002hs-Hj; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 06:13:12 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Mark H Weaver Subject: Re: [bug#42738] [PATCH v4] gnu: emacs: Update to 27.1. References: <20200819040941.32696-1-jackhill@jackhill.us> <87sgc6onvi.fsf@gnu.org> <87h7smd7t1.fsf@gnu.org> <87zh6esmi7.fsf@gnu.org> <87imd2bkot.fsf@netris.org> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 13 Fructidor an 228 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 12:13:11 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87imd2bkot.fsf@netris.org> (Mark H. Weaver's message of "Fri, 28 Aug 2020 16:04:55 -0400") Message-ID: <87sgc5lpzc.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Amin Bandali Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.01 X-TUID: Sscl8npY16AH Hi, Mark H Weaver skribis: > (define-public emacs-next > (let ((commit "c36c5a3dedbb2e0349be1b6c3b7567ea7b594f1c") > (revision "0") > (emacs-version "27.0.91")) > (package > (inherit emacs) > (name "emacs-next") > (version (git-version emacs-version revision commit)) > (source > (origin > (inherit (package-source emacs)) > (method git-fetch) > (uri (git-reference > (url "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git") > (commit commit))) This can be handled with =E2=80=98--with-git-url=E2=80=99. > (sha256 > (base32 "0mlrg2npy1r79laahkgzhxd1qassfcdz8qk1cpw7mqgf6y5x505h")) > (file-name (git-file-name name version)))) > (native-inputs > `(("autoconf" ,autoconf) ; needed when building from trunk > ,@(package-native-inputs emacs))) For this, we=E2=80=99d need a new =E2=80=98--with-extra-input=E2=80=99 pack= age transformation option or similar. That way, we wouldn=E2=80=99t even need an =E2=80=98ema= cs-next=E2=80=99 package: people would just run guix install emacs --with-git-url=3D=E2=80=A6 --with-extra-input=3Dautoco= nf OTOH it=E2=80=99s more typing and not necessarily obvious=E2=80=A6 Ludo=E2=80=99.