Hi,
Martin Castillo <casti...@uni-bremen.de> skribis:
>> Oops, you are right! So
>>
>> guix build python-activepapers
>> --with-source=$HOME/Development/python-activepapers/
>>
>> actually works, but
>>
>> guix build python-activepapers
>> --with-source=$HOME/Development/python-activepapers
>>
> As one error message earlier in the thread stated, guix uses lstat to
> get info about the stated file. lstat doesn't follow symlinks. You force
> the dereference by appending the slash.
Indeed.
I agree the matching-name constraint can be annoying. The alternative
would be allow the user to (optionally?) specify the name of the package
whose source is being changed, as in:
guix build python-activepapers \
--with-source=python-activepapers=$HOME/Dev/AP
WDYT?
A bit heavyweight syntactically but maybe we have to live with it.
Ludo’.
