Hi Ludovic,
Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.courno...@gmail.com> skribis:
>>>
>>>> This is a heads up to let you know that the
>>>> %BASE-PACKAGES-DISK-UTILITIES public variable exported from (gnu system)
>>>> may be removed in the near future.
>>>
>>> If the patch eventually gets consensus, I would suggest making that
>>> variable an alias using ‘define-deprecated’: that way people will know
>>> about it and code won’t break.
>>
>> An deprecated alias to what?
>
> To ‘%base-packages’ for example? It doesn’t really matter.
I've found that by setting the replacement to #f, it does what I want:
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1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
gnu/system.scm | 4 ++++
modified gnu/system.scm
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ (define-module (gnu system)
#:use-module (guix gexp)
#:use-module (guix records)
#:use-module (guix packages)
+ #:use-module (guix deprecation)
#:use-module (guix derivations)
#:use-module (guix profiles)
#:use-module ((guix utils) #:select (substitute-keyword-arguments))
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ (define-module (gnu system)
%base-packages-interactive
%base-packages-linux
%base-packages-networking
+ %base-packages-disk-utilities
%base-packages-utils
%base-firmware
%default-kernel-arguments))
@@ -894,6 +896,8 @@ (define %base-packages-networking
;; many people are familiar with, so keep it around.
iw wireless-tools))
+(define-deprecated %base-packages-disk-utilities #f '())
+
(define %base-packages
;; Default set of packages globally visible. It should include anything
;; required for basic administrator tasks.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ ./pre-inst-env guix system build ~/stow/guix/hurd.scm
/home/maxim/stow/guix/hurd.scm:410:22: warning: '%base-packages-disk-utilities'
is deprecated
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I've sent a v2 to 59661 (you are in cc).
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Thanks,
Maxim
