From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:58869) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gxE6T-0001Vj-1g for gwl-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:55:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gxE6S-00085s-9z for gwl-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:55:12 -0500 Received: from mail-qt1-x82c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::82c]:35431) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gxE6S-00084V-32 for gwl-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 11:55:12 -0500 Received: by mail-qt1-x82c.google.com with SMTP id p48so3268464qtk.2 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:55:11 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <87pnrl40j8.fsf@elephly.net> <87y3673hoi.fsf@elephly.net> In-Reply-To: <87y3673hoi.fsf@elephly.net> From: zimoun Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:55:00 +0100 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: `--run=simple` error ? List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: gwl-devel-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "gwl-devel" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: gwl-devel@gnu.org Hi Ricardo, On Fri, 22 Feb 2019 at 17:35, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > No, the version of Guile is not at fault here. It=E2=80=99s about the ve= rsion > of Guix. > > (The GWL builds with Guix as an input.) Ok. > I=E2=80=99m not sure what=E2=80=99s the best way to install the GWL, to b= e honest. >From my opinion, it is similar than emacs-guix, isn't it? > Should it be a mere channel that extends the *current* Guix? If it is > built with Guix then it refers to an older version of Guix (namely the > older version that is available through Guix itself), so that=E2=80=99s n= ot > actually desirable. I agree. > I think it should work with =E2=80=9Cguix pull=E2=80=9D to stay current a= nd ensure that > it has access to the same packages that a user would see on the command > line. Currently, this only works through a channel. I don=E2=80=99t rea= lly > like that, though. You have proposed something like: =E2=80=9C~/.config/guix/current/bin/guix = repl=E2=80=9D Why do you not like the channel and kind of inferior solution? All the best, simon