On 2015-06-16 22:26, l...@gnu.org wrote:
While looking at another package manager for ideas to steal, I found
this one to be a good candidate:
guix edit gcc-4.8
will open $EDITOR (aka. “emacsclient”) on the definition of that
package. This is pretty handy for developers (even when otherwise
using
Geiser, I think.)
For “regular users,” it’s less useful because most of the time it will
open an immutable file.
It's nice, even in read-only mode, to explore how guix is made.
However, I envision a --clone option that would
create a file with a module declaration and a template like:
(define my-gcc
(package (inherit gcc)
;; Complete here...
)
(This part is left as an exercise to the reader.)
WDYT?
A usecase, I have in mind from experience, is being in vm/container and
having to edit the recipe for that specific vm *but* that recipe is in
the main normal repository. Like for instance, gcc for a specific
target. `guix edit gcc:4.5' should open or clone the correct recipe.
Thanks,
Ludo’.
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Amirouche ~ amz3 ~ http://www.hyperdev.fr
