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Subject: bug#34897: System reconfigure error
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:11:15 -0400
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To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: 34897@debbugs.gnu.org


Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes:


> ...
>
> The name that =E2=80=9Cguix package -s=E2=80=9D shows is the package name.
> =E2=80=98gnu-gettext=E2=80=99, conversely, is the name of the variable bo=
und to that
> package.
>
> In your config file, you can use =E2=80=98specifications->manifest=E2=80=
=99 as
> documented in the manual if you=E2=80=99d rather avoid dealing with varia=
bles.
>
> ...

Thank you for pointing this out.  I have reread the relevant section of
"4.2 Invoking =E2=80=98guix package=E2=80=99" of the manual.  I have recent=
ly started
using it in user manifests.  I will try using this further.=20=20