Subject: [bug#49729] [PATCH core-updates] build-system/gnu: Make gzip files writable before resetting timestamps.

From: Sarah Morgensen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2021 13:45:20 -0700

Hi,

Thanks for taking a look at this.

Maxime Devos <[email-masked]> writes:

> [CC'ing Ludo because Ludo introduced the 'reset-gzip-timestamps' phase]
> Sarah Morgensen schreef op za 24-07-2021 om 23:12 [-0700]:
>> guix/build/gnu-build-system.scm (reset-gzip-timestamps): Ensure gzip
>> files are writable before resetting their timestamps.
>> ---
>> Hello Guix,
>> 
>> There have been a number of instances of packages having to add their own phase
>> before 'reset-gzip-timestamps to make the gzip files writable--perhaps the gnu
>> build system can take care of this itself? WDYT?
>
> This seems reasonable to me.  There are 35 package definions referring to
> 'reset-gzip-timestamps', could you follow up with patches removing the phases
> for making gzip files writable?

Yes, I intend to. Should I send them to this issue #, or separately?
(And one commit per package, yes?)

--
Sarah