From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: zimoun Subject: bug#39775: guix pull - error: lmdbxx: unbound variable Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:35:41 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57230) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1j6e7o-0006pS-8I for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:36:05 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j6e7m-0005Ih-Qv for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:36:04 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:50118) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1j6e7m-0005IZ-Ni for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:36:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1j6e7m-0007kg-KJ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:36:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-guix@gnu.org Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: Martin Flack Cc: 39775-done@debbugs.gnu.org Dear, On Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 18:29, Martin Flack wrote: > I think the problem was I had copied gnu/packages/databases.scm to a cust= om GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH in order to apply a patch from the mailing lists, with= out keeping it up-to-date with the rest of the contents of the file as guix= had further commits over time. I know there must be a way to do that more = cleanly where (a) you only override the necessary packages and (b) somehow = it becomes moot or you get notified when that package is upgraded in mainli= ne; but I have not yet learned how to do that! (Any tutorial?) Maybe what you are looking for is channel and manifest. Please ask on help-guix or IRC more details. :-) And I do not know any tutorial yet, perhaps once you solved your problem, you could write one. ;-) All the best, simon