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search-patches fails when there is a trailing slash on the Guix load path

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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: 43818 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: "Mark H. Weaver" <mhw <at> netris.org>
Subject: bug#43818: Use of local-file in icecat-source definition breaks REPL
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:39:34 -0400

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> CC: Mark H Weaver, one of the Icecat maintainer.
>
> Hello,
>
> The problem is that local-file doesn't work in Geiser.  This breaks
> working at the REPL:
>
> Enter `,help' for help.
> scheme@(guile-user)> ,m (gnu packages linux)
> While executing meta-command:
> ERROR:
>   1. &formatted-message:
>       format: "~a: patch not found\n"
>       arguments: ("icecat-use-older-reveal-hidden-html.patch")
>
> Any ideas of what could be done about it?
>
> Maxim

The same also occurs for linux-libre patches:

While executing meta-command:
ERROR:
  1. &formatted-message:
      format: "~a: patch not found\n"
      arguments: ("linux-libre-support-for-Pinebook-Pro.patch")

I'll try progressing on the Gexp as a thunked field experiment; this
should allow us to rewrite the orgins in a more straight forward way,
hopefully eschewing this issue.

Maxim

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