Building Go package - GNU or Go build system

Building Go package - GNU or Go build system

[phodina via]

I'm trying to package sbctl - secureboot manager written in Golang. However, the repository contains a Makefile to simplify the process which works great without packaging.

Firstly, I'd like to ask about the opinion on building the programs that use Makefiles just to invoke the language builder e.g. go, rust... Is it better to skip Makefile and run the go or cargo build-system instead or just follow the instructions and invoke the Makefile itself and deal with the underlying build tools?

Secondly, as I attempt to package it I run into the trouble that go wants to create a cache outside of the out directory.
Could you please help me with the definition of GOCACHE?

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>.

(

define-module

(

expanse

packages

sbctl

)

#

:use-module

(

guix

packages

)

#

:use-module

(

gnu

packages

documentation

)

#

:use-module

(

gnu

packages

golang

)

#

:use-module

(

guix

git-download

)

#

:use-module

(

guix

build-system

gnu

)

#

:use-module

(

guix

licenses

))

(

define-public

sbctl

(

package

(

name

"sbctl"

)

(

version

"master"

)

(

source

(

origin

(

method

git-fetch

)

(

uri

(

git-reference

(

url

"
https://github.com/Foxboron/sbctl
"

)

(

commit

version

)))

(

sha256

(

base32

"1ilrq3ldclr2b8ch8w59y9pdncnjwqbgglvbcf6qzbgqzkn9ad7q"

))))

(

build-system

gnu-build-system

)

(

native-inputs

`

((

"asciidoc"

,

asciidoc

)

(

"go"

,

go

)))

(

inputs

`

((

"go"

,

go

)))

(

arguments

'

(

#

:phases

(

modify-phases

%standard-phases

(

delete

'configure

)

(

replace

'install

(

lambda*

(

#

:key

outputs

#

:allow-other-keys

)

(

let

((

bin

(

string-append

(

assoc-ref

outputs

"out"

)

"/bin"

)))

(

install-file

"sbctl"

bin

)

#t

))))))

(

synopsis

"Secure Boot Manager"

)

(

description

""

)

(

home-page

"
https://github.com/Foxboron/sbctl
"

)

(

license

#f

)))

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