Subject: [bug#55998] [PATCH] gnu: Add cctools.

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 23:01:32 +0200

Hi,

Maxime Devos <[email-masked]> skribis:

> Philip McGrath schreef op wo 15-06-2022 om 13:15 [-0400]:
>> +      (source
>> +       (origin
>> +         (method git-fetch)
>> +         (uri (git-reference
>> +               (url "https://github.com/tpoechtrager/cctools-port")
>> +               (commit commit)))
>> +         (sha256
>
> This contains generated files (look for 'configure' and 'Makefile.in'.
> Per standard Guix policy, things need to be built from source.  The
> autotools are no exception, see
> <https://www.mail-archive.com/[email-masked]/msg61160.html>.
> They need to be removed, e.g. with delete-file and find-files in a
> snippet.

To be clear, I think this is best described as “Guix policy-to-be”—we
have yet to write this down and actually implement it consistently.

Ludo’.