GNU bug report logs - #62698
bind:utils

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Αντώνιος Τσώλης <tsolis.antonios <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 15:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #23 received at 62698 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Brian Cully <bjc <at> spork.org>
To: Αντώνιος Τσώλης
 <tsolis.antonios <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 62698 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#62698: bind:utils
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2023 11:12:54 -0400

Αντώνιος Τσώλης <tsolis.antonios <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Well, I use this:
>
>   (packages
>      (append 
>        (map specification->package+output
>           '("bind:utils" ... ))
>      %base-packages))
>
> But I am new to scheme/guile/guix, so maybe I do something 
> wrong. Anyway, thanks for confirming that it works on your
> side. It's probably an issue with my configuration. :)

I suspected this was the problem. You really do need to use:

(map (compose list specification->package+output)
    '("bind:utils"))

Because ‘specification->package+output’ returns two values, and 
you'll need to combine those into a list for the second value (the 
‘utils’ output) to be seen.

-bjc
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