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From: Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 1.1.0rc1 available for test!
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Hello,

On 13/04/2020 12:50, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi Vincent,
>
> Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> BTW, how would I test that (modified guix-install + nix/local.mk) ?
>>
>> I've modified guix-install to handle runit-based distros (for void
>> linux) and nix/local.mk, like in the sysv-init enablement Danny
>> submitted lately.
>>
>> I've seen the rebuild instructions at the end of binary installation
>> page in the manual, but I couldn't make that take my local
>> modifications in account. I think there's some required steps
>> that are only made by the release make target.
> The ‘guix-binary.x86_64-linux.tar.xz’ makefile target runs:
>
>    guix pack guix …
>
> So you would first need to update the ‘guix’ package, using:
>
>    make update-guix-package
>
> and committing the result.


Thanks, I'll try that today.


>> I want to test, at least once before submitting my patch series
>> for review. Even if I think it would be nice-to-have for the 1.1.0...
> What changes are you referring to?  (Sorry, I’m getting lost!)


The support for runit-based distros in guix-install.sh & its

accompanying added file in the binary tarball. But I will

not ask to delay the release for that though, just if it can

be merged before the final build ok.


-- 

Vincent Legoll