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[PATCH 0/1] guix: Add git-fetch/impure.

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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org>
To: Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 31284 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31284: [PATCH 0/1] guix: Add git-fetch/impure.
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 17:37:34 -0400

Hi Chris,

Chris Marusich <cmmarusich <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Sometimes, a Git repository may only be available via an authenticated
> SSH connection.  Even in the case of repositories that only contain
> free software, this situation can arise for administrative or
> compliance-related reasons.  How can one define a package in such a
> situation?
>
> This patch adds a new origin method, git-fetch/impure, which solves
> that problem.  Specifically, git-fetch/impure creates a fixed-output
> derivation that fetches the Git repository outside of a derivation, in
> the environment of the invoking user.  In particular, this enables SSH
> to communicate with the user's SSH agent, which in turn allows Git to
> fetch the repository over an authenticated SSH connection.

I agree with David that I'd prefer not to have something like this in
Guix.  However, I can offer another method that I've sometimes used to
build a package based on a git checkout that's not publicly available on
the network.

My hacky approach has been to manually add a tarball of the desired
sources using "guix download file:///home/mhw/foo.tar.gz" and then to
add a bogus origin but with the correct hash.  If a file with a matching
hash is already in the store, then it will be used, and the other fields
of the 'origin' will effectively be ignored.

      Mark

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