From: "Marek Paśnikowski" <marekpasnikowski@protonmail.com>
To: "Przemysław Kamiński" <cgenie@pm.me>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: streamlining custom package development
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:05:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <KNEo9veTFs7uqCG8bcxV92iKVIVyuKUX3tjSEISt26heXV_LwxJ52VeqtpTnHr8Gsgl_-e0iMknoEEqhtlggKmeB_TDVwfHpKRhsVq1ebpw=@protonmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d6778040-23d7-f5d1-89a3-0d8b5ccf211f@pm.me>
> This is tedious. Is there a way to automate this a bit more?
Only slightly. Do remember, that Guix is purely functional. Your pain is with the chain of dependencies.
I recently went through a similar ordeal while packaging an update to Nix. I suggest to:
1. look up the dependency list on the program's or library's documentation;
2. add the dependencies to the input lists;
3. attempt to build the target package and write the package definitions for the missing dependecies;
4. keep iterating the above until completion.
It should help you to think of this iteration as a Test Driven Development process. The guix build is your test suite, which you want to get green.
I also recommend to use the -v3 option - it will allow you to see the log immediately.
Best Regards,
Marek Pasnikowski
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-03 13:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-03 10:44 streamlining custom package development Przemysław Kamiński
2023-03-03 11:05 ` Marek Paśnikowski [this message]
2023-03-07 13:31 ` Simon Tournier
2023-03-07 16:02 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-03-07 16:57 ` Przemysław Kamiński
2023-03-07 18:28 ` Simon Tournier
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