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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Message #34 received at 42164-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Brian Cully <bjc <at> spork.org>
Cc: 42164-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#42164: Combining file-append with gexps results in
 incomprehensible errors
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:20:57 +0200

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Brian Cully schreef op zo 24-04-2022 om 19:27 [-0400]:
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (file-append #~#$gcc:lib “/lib”)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> 	The “correct” way is this:
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (gexp-input (file-append gcc "/lib") "lib")
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

FWIW, I was actually thinking of

  (file-append (gexp-input gcc "lib") "/lib")

(First select the output with 'gexp-input', then append a suffix.)

Greetings,
Maxime.

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