Subject: [bug#65866] [PATCH 0/8] Add built-in builder for Git checkouts

From: Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2023 00:00:35 +0200

Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>> * configure.ac: Check for ‘git’ and substitute ‘GIT’.
>> * guix/config.scm.in (%git): New variable.
>> * guix/self.scm (compiled-guix): Define ‘git’ and pass it to
>> ‘make-config.scm’.
>> (make-config.scm): Add #:git; emit a ‘%git’ variable.
>> * doc/guix.texi (Requirements): Add it.
>
> I'm a bit confused; we *both* capture git from the build environment,
> and reference git from the git-minimal Guix package -- why can't we
> strictly rely on the captured Git from the environment?

That’s because we have two build systems: Autotools and (guix self).
It’s the same change semantically, but for each of these build systems.

> Nitpick: this commit should be ordered before the daemon changes that
> requires it.

I believe that’s the case.

Ludo’.