Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] gnu: libxml2: Update to 2.11.4

From: Liliana Marie Prikler <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2023 21:38:05 +0200

Am Montag, dem 12.06.2023 um 11:52 -0700 schrieb Andy Tai:
> 
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> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 11:40 AM Liliana Marie Prikler
> <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > Am Montag, dem 12.06.2023 um 01:47 -0700 schrieb Andy Tai:
> > > * gnu/packages/xml.scm (libxml2): Update to 2.11.4
> > That's a world rebuild.  Use a graft instead.
> 
> Liliana, thanks for the review.  Can you give more hints on how to
> use a graft?  I do not know how that is done, Thanks
You add a (replacement some-other-variable) field to the existing
record and then 
  (define some-other-variable 
    (package (inherit existing)
             ...))

Cheers