GNU bug report logs - #42735
[PATCH] pre-inst-env: don't use GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo <at> cyberdimension.org>

Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 02:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #25 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
Cc: guix-patches <at> gnu.org, 42735 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli <GNUtoo <at> cyberdimension.org>
Subject: Re: [bug#42735] [PATCH] pre-inst-env: don't use GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:16:09 +0200

Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hello Denis,
>
>> ./pre-inst-env is supposed to use only the packages definitions that are in
>> the guix source tree and not the host packages.
>>
>> However if GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH is set, it will use host packages as well.
>
> Let say you have a custom my-hello package inheriting from hello, and
> you want to build it on top of a recent Guix checkout, then you probably
> want GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH to cooperate with pre-inst-env.

That’s primarily how I use GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH: for development.  If you
have GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH set for any other reasons you should consider
using channels instead.

-- 
Ricardo
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