Florian Paul Schmidt writes: > On 08/27/2016 10:51 AM, Roel Janssen wrote: > >> I don't see a way to apply this patch "on the CentOS side" except for >> waiting (another two or three years) until they upgrade Automake. > > When packaging guix for CentOS, just add a patch to the source package > definition..
I do not intend to create an RPM package for CentOS, I am merely trying to do the following: git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guix.git cd guix ./bootstrap ./configure make > Regards, > Flo > > P.S.: Why the macro is preferrable to spelling out the directories: > Possible typos, possible errors when moving directories around, etc.. Right. I don't think it justifies breaking compatibility with CentOS 7. What do you think? Kind regards, Roel Janssen