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[PATCH 0/3] Fix usbguard's warning about 'catch'.

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From: Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 40996-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#40996] [PATCH 3/3] gnu: usbguard: Fix warning about 'catch'.
Date: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:33:04 +0000

On 2020-05-04 20:17, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Brice Waegeneire <brice <at> waegenei.re> skribis:
> 
>> * gnu/packages/hardware.scm (usgbuard)[source]: Get it from git.
>> [arguments]: Rename phase 'patch-makefile' to 'patch-build-scripts',
>> adjust it for the source from git and fix 'catch' path.
>> [native-inputs]: Add 'libtool'.
> 
> [...]
> 
>>      (source (origin
>> -              (method url-fetch)
>> -              (uri (string-append
>> -                    
>> "https://github.com/USBGuard/usbguard/releases/download/usbguard-"
>> -                    version "/usbguard-" version ".tar.gz"))
>> -              (file-name (git-file-name name version))
>> -              (sha256
>> -               (base32 
>> "0gzhs8s4aka86mkcjib36z54si939ki4bmk46p6v8kln1fixad3j"))))
>> +               (method git-fetch)
> 
> In this particular case, perhaps you can keep using the tarball, and 
> then…

This part has been dropped.

> [...]
> 
>> +             (delete-file "autogen.sh") ; Want network access
>> +             (substitute* "configure.ac"
>> +               (("/usr/include/catch")
>> +                (string-append (assoc-ref inputs "catch") 
>> "/include")))
> 
> … modify ‘configure’ directly, since it’s a simple and unambiguous
> change.  That avoids the extra autotools dependencies (actually 
> Autoconf
> and Automake were unnecessary before, no?).

Autotools dependencies were needed because I was patching Makefile.am 
files,
but it's not the case anymore by modifying Makefile.in instead.

> Anyway, one way or another, it’s a worthy change, so go for it!

Pushed as f96ddb60962703eaae5433399905b9d81a99ea13.

- Brice

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