Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> writes: > Ricardo Wurmus (2015-06-14 19:32 +0300) wrote: > > [...] >> + (build-system gnu-build-system) >> + (arguments >> + `(#:make-flags (list (string-append "prefix=" (assoc-ref %outputs >> "out"))) > > I think it is clearer to use just '%output': > > `(#:make-flags (list (string-append "prefix=" %output)))
I've been wondering about this as well. It seems that Ludovic often (usually?) writes (assoc-ref %outputs "out"), and I wonder why. One possible reason is that it makes it obvious how to get the filename of other outputs. Ludovic, what are your thoughts on this? Thanks, Mark