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[PATCH 0/1] guix: pack: add --entry-point-argument option

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Graham James Addis <graham <at> addis.org.uk>, Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>, 64173 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, Graham James Addis <grahamjamesaddis <at> gmail.com>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, 64171 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Subject: [bug#64173] [PATCH 0/1] guix: pack: add --entry-point-argument option
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 16:00:48 +0200

Hi,

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> skribis:

> Just to be sure to understand, the command-line could list several
> --entry-point-argument options, right?

Yes.

> Well, since the order of the various command-line arguments might
> matter, and since a ’reverse’ is suggested, and since all the Guix
> command-lines do not behave the same way – for instance “guix package”
> processes command-line argument from right to left; see #43585 or #50473
> [1,2]; anyway :-) – I would suggest to add a sentence in the
> documentation (manual) that the command-line arguments are parsed from
> left to right.

No: the ‘reverse’ puts them back in the right order (because
‘args-fold*’ traverses the option list from left to right and thus
conses the result in reverse order.)

HTH!

Ludo’.

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