GNU bug report logs - #55998
[PATCH] gnu: Add cctools.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Philip McGrath <philip <at> philipmcgrath.com>

Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 17:17:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #86 received at 55998 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: 55998 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philip McGrath <philip <at> philipmcgrath.com>
Subject: Re: bug#55998: [PATCH] gnu: Add cctools.
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 23:01:32 +0200

Hi,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> 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/guix-devel <at> gnu.org/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’.
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