on [2019-05-28] at 14:18 I wrote: > I am trying to build this package that uses git submodules but the > (recursive? #t) doesn't seem to have any effect.
Thanks to bavier and reepca on IRC #guix who figured out this happens when the package definition is changed (by e.g., adding "(recursive? #t)") but the hash is not updated. This causes guix to think, reasonably, that it already has the source in /gnu/store/the_hash-etc because the_hash hasn't changed since the last time it was fetched. To fix, just remove the source from the store before trying again: $ guix gc -d /gnu/store/the_hash-etc (N.B. the "-d" above might have changed to "-D") Additionally, when developing a package, reepca suggested making a random change to the hash just so guix knows it needs to get the source again, and it will suggested the real hash to put in the package definition. Myles
