Andreas Enge <andr...@enge.fr> skribis: > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 07:33:59PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >> +(define-public timidity++ >> + (package >> + (name "timidity++") > > Back to names... I would call this "timidity". The package guidelines only > state that underscores are replaced by "-", but the general idea would be > to replace special characters with dashes, and to rather drop them at the end > (or beginning) of a package name.
I’m fine with ‘timidity++’. >> + (let ((out (string-append (assoc-ref %outputs "out") >> + "/share/timidity"))) >> + (mkdir-p out) >> + (call-with-output-file >> + (string-append out "/timidity.cfg") > > It is a bit strange to have config files in /share and not in /etc, but that > is indeed where by default timidity looks for its config file. Nevertheless, > I would use > (string-append (assoc-ref %outputs "out") "/etc/timidity") > and then add the configure flag > (string-append "--with-default-path=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out") > "/etc/timidity") Agreed, using $out/etc seems best. Thanks, Ludo’.
