further update building the examples and the tools from source On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 8:25 PM Andy Tai wrote: > > updated patch attached: > > directly checking out additional source repos rather than relying on > git submodule > > first attempt at removing "nasty" stuff, removing bx/tools/bin > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 5:52 AM Leo Prikler > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Am Montag, den 16.08.2021, 05:42 -0700 schrieb Andy Tai: > > > > Leo, by "nasty stuff" you meant non-free stuff (I doubt if there is > > > > any in a graphics library but will check), or you meant the embedded > > > > packages that shall be reference to other packages in guix (if > > > > packaged already)? I think the embedded copies of other stuff may > > > > have local customization that may make it impossible to simply build > > > > with the existing packages in guix. > > > Nasty stuff are not only already existing packages, but also outdated > > > versions thereof. If there are heavily customized versions or packages > > > not yet included in Guix, then those can be left in (but with a > > > remark!), though in the long term it would be better to make those > > > packages work with upstream versions rather than require specific > > > tweaking. > > > > > > The other thing I already mentioned are binaries, which upstream seems > > > also aware about, see e.g. > > > https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx/commit/caed3f91026bf0e703f1eaf6f622e27b820df86c -- Andy Tai, atai@atai.org Year 2021 民國110年 自動的精神力是信仰與覺悟 自動的行為力是勞動與技能