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Subject: Re: Using gexp for the #:builder arg of build systems
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:32:42 +0200
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Hello!

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> skribis:

> After reading Ludovic's paper about gexps, I was curious to try it in a
> package definition. Is this supported yet?

It=E2=80=99s not possible in current master.  There=E2=80=99s work for that=
 in
=E2=80=98wip-gexp=E2=80=99, that I=E2=80=99d like to merge in =E2=80=98core=
-updates=E2=80=99 Real Soon (I=E2=80=99ve
rebased it locally, it =E2=80=9Cjust=E2=80=9D needs more love.)

Ludo=E2=80=99.