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[PATCH] gnu: Add lolcat

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>
Cc: 38480 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Brett Gilio <brettg <at> posteo.net>
Subject: [bug#38480] [PATCH] gnu: Add lolcat
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2019 00:28:34 +0100

Hello!

Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at> skribis:

> From: Leo Prikler <leo.prikler <at> student.tugraz.at>
> Date: Wed,  4 Dec 2019 02:46:44 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add lolcat
>
> * gnu/packages/games.scm (lolcat): New package.

[...]

> +           (replace 'install
> +             (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> +               (let ((dest (map (lambda (path) (string-append path "/bin"))
> +                                (list (assoc-ref outputs "out")
> +                                      (assoc-ref outputs "censor")))))
> +                 (for-each mkdir-p dest)
> +                 (install-file "lolcat" (car dest))
> +                 (install-file "censor" (cadr dest))
> +                 #t))))))
> +      (outputs (list "out" "censor"))

Can’t we keep them both in the same output?  Separate outputs are
normally only used when it helps save space, but I don’t think that’s a
concern here.  :-)

> +      (home-page "https://github.com/jaseg/lolcat")
> +      (synopsis "Rainbow coloring effect for text console display")
> +      (description "Lolcat concatenates files and streams like regular cat,
                       ^                                                  ^
Maybe @command{cat} and @command{lolcat}.

Could you send an updated patch?

Thanks,
Ludo’.

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