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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -1.52 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=r9NYtzpP; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; 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-Migadu-Queue-Id: 5E58A9401BC X-Spam-Score: -1.52 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: DVBglkrrcUX1 >However, if you need/want a working Guix bcache-tools package ASAP, I have to admit I've been sitting on the attached patch for so long I that forgot it wasn't upstream yet. Thanks, I will try it out. >Sounds useful. What does this patch do? Is it related to Guix (perhaps our blkid)? I don't actually know. It was taken from gentoo. I was trying to see if it would fix the build error. https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/sys-fs/bcache-tools/files/1.= 0.8_p20140220 https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/sys-fs/bcache-tools/files/1.= 1 On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 8:19 AM Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote: > > Nathan, > > Nathan Dehnel =E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A > > (define-public bcache-tools > > So... if you want to learn how to write and submit packages to > Guix -- please do! And don't let me distract you. Your patch > looks good, if incomplete :-) > > However, if you need/want a working Guix bcache-tools package > ASAP, I have to admit I've been sitting on the attached patch for > so long I that forgot it wasn't upstream yet. > > > (patches (search-patches "bcache-tools-noprobe.patch")) > > Sounds useful. What does this patch do? Is it related to Guix > (perhaps our blkid)? > > > (synopsis "These are the userspace tools required for > > bcache.") > > (description "Bcache patches for the Linux kernel allow one > > to use > >SSDs to cache other block devices. It's analogous to L2Arc for > >ZFS, > >but Bcache also does writeback caching (besides just write > >through > >caching), and it's filesystem agnostic. ") > > I think The GNU Way is =E2=80=98user space=E2=80=99, =E2=80=98file system= =E2=80=99, =E2=80=98write-back=E2=80=99 > etc. Be sure to double-space prose sentences; =E2=80=98guix lint > bcache-tools=E2=80=99 will warn you about this and other possible surface > issues. > > This description sounds out of date (it's been upstream since the > 3.x days) and the ZFS comparison is presumably meaningful only to > a small minority of ZSF-on-Linux-Libre users. IMO try to describe > packages in first-class terms so users don't get sent on a rabbit > chase. > > Feel free to snarf my description but don't feel obligated either. > > Kind regards, > > T G-R >