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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add Faust and Guitarix.
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 09:56:06 +0200
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To: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>

Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:

> Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus (2015-06-14 19:32 +0300) wrote:
>>
>> [...]
>>> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
>>> +    (arguments
>>> +     `(#:make-flags (list (string-append "prefix=3D" (assoc-ref %outpu=
ts "out")))
>>
>> I think it is clearer to use just '%output':
>>
>>         `(#:make-flags (list (string-append "prefix=3D" %output)))
>
> I've been wondering about this as well.  It seems that Ludovic often
> (usually?) writes (assoc-ref %outputs "out"), and I wonder why.  One
> possible reason is that it makes it obvious how to get the filename of
> other outputs.

Right, I usually avoid %output (singular) because it=E2=80=99s a special ca=
se of
%outputs, so I prefer using %outputs.

Ludo=E2=80=99.