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[PATCH] gnu: lesspipe: Update to 2.02.

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Message #40 received at 53920 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nicolas Goaziou <mail <at> nicolasgoaziou.fr>
To: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com>
Cc: 53920 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Subject: Re: [bug#53920] [PATCH v3] gnu: lesspipe: Update to 2.03.
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 13:50:43 +0100

Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel <at> crazy-compilers.com> writes:

> Am 28.02.22 um 10:56 schrieb Nicolas Goaziou:
>> Actually, I think it should be the higher-level sexp:
>>
>>    #$(this-package-input "perl-archive-zip")
>
> How can one know, this one to use?
>
> The blog post is more like a historical story, not a tutorial for
> converting.

Actually, it is. It a tutorial for converting to the new syntax, with
historical background so you know why you're doing it.

> It uses both
>
> |#~`("--disable-color" ,(string-append "--with-gawk=" #$gawk)))) |
>
> |and|
>
> |#~(list (string-append "--with-gawk=" #$(this-package-input "gawk"))))) |

Yes, it does. The former is an example of what was done before the
change, and the latter is demonstrating what we should now use.

> |The manual seems to mostly use the former way.|

Then this should be fixed.

Regards,

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