My question remains, but I've updated the patch in question to use #:make-flags (thanks to mirai for the idea), separating out these parameters from the build command and making this a much easier change.
Still, we have examples of just copying some phase by hand to make adjustments, is there anything better we can/should do? On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 12:29 PM, John Kehayias wrote: > Hi Guixers, > > A question that is either relatively simple or else getting into the > weeds a bit, that I came across in my proposed patch > <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/64213> The general question is: how can I > modify a build phase without replacing it completely? More > specifically (as seen in the proposed patch) there is a build phase > consisting of just an "apply invoke" call where I want to remove one > of the arguments given. Is there a simple way to do this rather than > just manually copying and deleting that string? > > I would assume so, but I wasn't sure how to do it and couldn't quite > grep any examples. Some light exploring in the guix repl shows me that > package-arguments is a keyword list (not sure the proper terminology > in Guile) with #:phases a big gexp. Essentially I want to modify that > to remove a string. I suppose it is a question of manipulating a gexp > directly. (I'm sure macros can do all this but there doesn't seem to > be a need for that at this level, right?) > > Thanks in advance! > John
