GNU bug report logs - #68835
Resolving package inheritance issue

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Sharlatan Hellseher <sharlatanus <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:03:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>
To: sharlatanus <at> gmail.com, 68835 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com, othacehe <at> gnu.org, ludo <at> gnu.org, me <at> tobias.gr, rekado <at> elephly.net, guix <at> cbaines.net
Subject: bug#68835: Resolving package inheritance issue
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:41:02 +0100

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Hi Oleg,

Sharlatan Hellseher <sharlatanus <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Long story short, how to resolve package inheritance which would not
> break CI ;-) ?
>
> [...]
>
> My rational was to keep golang module in (gnu packages golang-web) and
> the new inherited package providing executable in (gnu packages web)
> which introduced the regression.

Please see "(guix) Cyclic Module Dependencies" in the manual, it
contains some explanations around this kind of issue.

I'd suggest not separating inherited packages in different modules.

Best,
-- 
Josselin Poiret

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