Re: getting started test-building packages without breaking the system profile?

[anonymiss <ng_prism@protonmail.ch>]

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Yes, I'm aware of the readability issues and it seems that my testing of protonmail services proofs to me that I should just stick to my old email provider.
I'll have it fixed in some days.
There was a follow-up email, I'll look into the link provided there and the info you gave me and see if I can get my head around how to do it myself.
If I can't solve it myself or produce more output for help etc, I'll make an exception and use freenode for chat then.

Thanks for your help so far, and sorry for the bad readability. I'll give protonmail some feedback about it before I stop using it.


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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: getting started test-building packages without breaking the system profile?
Local Time: December 7 2015 8:54 pm
UTC Time: December 7 2015 7:54 pm
From: leo@famulari.name
To: ng_prism@protonmail.ch
CC: guix-devel@gnu.org

On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 01:49:18PM -0500, anonymiss wrote:
> I'm sorry for top-posting, my setup is a bit difficult at the moment.

That's too bad, it's difficult to read your messages. You should
probably join us on IRC. We are on #guix on irc.freenode.net. You will
get help more quickly there.

>
> So: "If you are just testing packages and not GuixSD / system stuff, try `guix environment --ad-hoc foo`, and maybe also the `--pure` option."
> and looking at guix environment --help output, with my file being /home/user/gnunet-gtk.scm I run:
> `guix environment --ad-hoc --pure -- guix build /home/user/gnunet-gtk.scm --keep-failed`
> this seems to be wrong, even with sudo:
> "In execvp of guix: Permission denied"

First of all, you can't nest the `guix build` in the `guix environment`
command. You would do:
`guix environment --ad-hoc gnunet-gtk`

If gnunet-gtk has already been built, that will put it in your
environment so you can test. If not, it will build it first.

But, I don't know how to use `guix environment` with a gnunet-gtk.scm
file in any random place. I either set my GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH to point to
the correct path, or, if I am working in checkout of the Guix source
tree, I use `./pre-inst-env guix environment`, assuming that I have
bootstrapped and built the Guix from the checkout.

>
> What I'm trying to do is to check if my package for gnunet-gtk works, so I can eventually debug it and mail it to the list.
>
>
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: getting started test-building packages without breaking the system profile?
> Local Time: December 7 2015 7:26 pm
> UTC Time: December 7 2015 6:26 pm
> From: leo@famulari.name
> To: ng_prism@protonmail.ch
> CC: guix-devel@gnu.org
>
> On Mon, Dec 07, 2015 at 12:54:53PM -0500, anonymiss wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've read https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Packaging-Guidelines.html and I am done with the gnunet-gtk.scm, at least as far as I can go without testing.
> > My question is, do I check out the guix.git for testing the package with
> > ./pre-inst-env guix build $pkg-name --keep-failed
> > or what is the general recommended process for this?
> > I know I can even setup VMs within guix with guix, but I just started and need some pointers.
>
> If you are just testing packages and not GuixSD / system stuff, try
> `guix environment --ad-hoc foo`, and maybe also the `--pure` option.
>
> This will put the packages in your environment as if they were installed
> in a profile, without actually making a profile generation.
>
> The only downside, to me, is that `guix gc` will delete foo unless you
> explicity register it as a garbage collector root with `guix build -r
> foo`. It has been discussed to add this option to `guix environment`,
> but I'm not sure if any decision was reached:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-10/msg00551.html
>
> >
> >
> > --anonymiss
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