Danny Milosavljevic writes: >> Not sure what to call it exactly, but something like: >> >> guix environment --with-source hello > > +1 > > Right now, my silly workaround is to add a phase which fails > > (add-after 'unpack 'fail > (lambda _ > (error "stop it"))) > > and then do > > guix build --keep-failed hello > > and then do > > guix environment --pure hello > cd /tmp/guix-build-hello* > > That's... very manual.
A very nice recipe...interesting we had a discussion about this today on #guix. What I would really like, is for the --with-source directory be a git archive, so that edits can be made and tested until it works. Attempt a rebuild with new patches/new git commit and repeat. Making repeated patches until a build succeeds is something I find pretty cumbersome. It could be an ad-hoc, new git archive. It would also be nice if Guix could somehow record upstream sources as (shallow?, tarred?) git archives. janneke -- Jan Nieuwenhuizen <jann...@gnu.org> | GNU LilyPond http://lilypond.org Freelance IT http://JoyofSource.com | Avatar® http://AvatarAcademy.com
