On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 08:14:43PM +0100, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: > How does one calculate the hash for a package one wants to add to GNU Guix? > > I know 2 ways, giving me different results. One is for the repository folder > and > one is for the tarball: > > ~~~~ > guix hash --exclude-vcs --recursive . > guix hash PACKAGE-VERSION-tar.gz # a tarball created by guile-hall
Can you clarify your question? It seems to me that you already know the answer: You use the method that is appropriate for your package. It depends on what kind of source code your packages uses.
