Subject: [bug#65757] [PATCH] guix: packages: Support package/inherit by package-field-location.

From: Simon Tournier <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:01:35 +0200

Hi Maxim,

On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 at 16:41, Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> wrote:

> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> modified   guix/packages.scm
> @@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ (define (package-field-location package field)
>                  (go-to-location port line column)
>                  (match (read port)
>                    ((or ('package inits ...)
> -                       ('package/inherit parent inits ...))
> +                       ('package/inherit _ inits ...))
>                     (let ((field (assoc field inits)))
>                       (match field
>                         ((_ value)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> And it now works; yay!  Will install shortly.

Oops!  Indeed, sorry for missing the obvious.  Thanks for the fix.

Cheers,
simon

PS: For the record, the change you made is:

 -                       ('package/inherit inits ...))
 +                       ('package/inherit _ inits ...))

because the one above would be equivalent :-) – if I understand enough
Guile patterning matching.