Subject: Re: [bug#39146] [PATCH v2] gnu: icecat: Remove compiler paths from about:buildconfig

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 19:05:52 +0100

Jakub,

Jakub Kądziołka 写道：
> +         (add-after 'unpack 'dont-store-compiler-paths
> +           (lambda _
> +             ;; Remove references to the compilers used from 
> the output. Reduces
> +             ;; `guix size icecat' by 1 GiB on x86-64.
> +             (let ((zap "Store reference removed"))
> +               (substitute* "toolkit/content/buildconfig.html"
> +                 (("@CC@") zap)
> +                 (("@CXX@") zap)
> +                 (("@RUSTC@") zap)
> +                 (("@MOZ_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS@") zap)))))

Thanks!  This is a fine fix, but I wonder if you know where/how 
this file is processed by the build system?  I think scanning for 
and neutralising any store reference in the final HTML would be 
less error-prone.

Thoughts?

Kind regards,

T G-R