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[PATCH] gnu: kbd: Recursively search $LOADKEYS_KEYMAP_PATH.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Subject: bug#27675: closed ([PATCH] gnu: kbd: Recursively search
 $LOADKEYS_KEYMAP_PATH.)
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 08:39:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#27675: [PATCH] gnu: kbd: Recursively search $LOADKEYS_KEYMAP_PATH.

which was filed against the guix-patches package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 27675 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: 27675-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: kbd: Recursively search $LOADKEYS_KEYMAP_PATH.
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:39:40 +0200

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ng0 wrote:
> Oh noes. Thanks for discovering this!

With pleasure. Pushed as 674d4e1380a43d83e77f81cbc3a8da8969e70f11.

Odd that it took this long for someone to notice. I'd've hoped we had
more new users/machines than that. Or the poor souls all use qwerties.

Kind regards,

T G-R

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From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: kbd: Recursively search $LOADKEYS_KEYMAP_PATH.
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 02:34:25 +0200

Fix a regression since commit fd7000fe33d3c4188c241cab97e2b891dd4e1268.

* gnu/packages/linux.scm (kbd)[native-search-path]: Add a double asterisk.
---
 gnu/packages/linux.scm | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index c5fed1a7c..700408cc8 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -1837,7 +1837,10 @@ system.")
     (native-search-paths
      (list (search-path-specification
             (variable "LOADKEYS_KEYMAP_PATH")
-            (files (list "share/keymaps")))))
+            ;; Append ‘/**’ to recursively search all directories.  One can then
+            ;; run (for example) ‘loadkeys en-latin9’ instead of having to find
+            ;; and type ‘i386/colemak/en-latin9’ on an unfamiliar keyboard.
+            (files (list "share/keymaps/**")))))
     (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
     (home-page "http://kbd-project.org/")
     (synopsis "Linux keyboard utilities and keyboard maps")
-- 
2.13.1

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