September 13, 2022 12:28 AM, "phodina via" <help-guix@gnu.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > is there a way to create a new package by reusing the output of the original > derivation and just > add files to the new package into the new output? > > The usecase is PhotoGimp [1] which is set of files which are added to an > already built gimp > package. > Huh, I've never heard of this. But that's an awesome use case! > There standard way is to inherit the package and add these files but that > will result in rebuilt, > right? I believe that it would, but I'm not the genius guix hacker that *insert the name of a genius guix hacker here*. > Alternative idea is to use copy-build-system and copy the already created > package files into the > output. Then just add additional files. > > However, there's also a draw back if the original package contains hardcoded > variable. But this > would be only problem if I specify something in the #:phases, correct? > > The main idea here is to save the computing resources on packages that take > long time and their > behviour can be changed by plugins/config files etc. > > Of course the simplest way to use [1] it is to unpack the content of the home > dir but IMHO that's > not the correct way how to package this program. > > [1] https://github.com/Diolinux/PhotoGIMP > > ---- > Petr I say give one of your methods a try. Post some code back here when you run into trouble. :) Joshua
