[bug#54304] [PATCH] Don't fix git executable location during Elixir build

[Cees de Groot <cg@evrl.com>]

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Can’t we just run the patch? Then everything works just fine. I’m a full time Elixir developer and I can guarantee you that nothing will break :)

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On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 16:57, Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> wrote:

> Ludovic Courtès schreef op vr 11-03-2022 om 22:51 [+0100]:
>> If we know what set of store references go in those blogs, we could
>> create a text file or something in #$output whose sole purpose is to
>> keep a reference to those store items.
>>
>> For example, if we know those BEAM files contain a reference to Git, we
>> can add a phase like:
>>
>> (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
>> (symlink (search-input-file inputs "git")
>
> Doesn't that need to be "bin/git" instead of "git"?
>
>> (string-append (assoc-ref output "out")
>> "/libexec/elixir/.git")))
>>
>> That way the GC will keep Git around.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>
> That is not sufficient if git acquires a graft.
>
> Can elixir be patched to not compress the literals table (*)?
> Alternatively, does deflate have some kind of "compression
> level=0" setting -- perhaps we could do the same trick as
> done for JARs?
>
> (*) Preferably submitted upstream in some form, maybe with a
> configuration flag?
>
> Greetings,
> Maxime.

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