GNU bug report logs - #42164
Combining file-append with gexps results in incomprehensible errors

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Jakub Kądziołka <kuba <at> kadziolka.net>

Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 12:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Brian Cully <bjc <at> spork.org>
Cc: 42164 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#42164: Combining file-append with gexps results in incomprehensible errors
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 20:38:12 +0200

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Brian Cully schreef op za 23-04-2022 om 13:29 [-0400]:
> 	I like this, and would prefer it over the ‘list’ proposal. I’m
> not sure how to implement it given my limited knowledge of Guix
> internals, though. Special-casing a list inside of file-append was
> fairly straightforward and solved the immediate issue.

Proposed implementation:

(define (output thing output)
  (gexp-input package output))

Seems like this thing already exists, it's just not well-known and not
documented in the manual.

Greetings,
Maxime

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