Hi Cristoph,
Christoph Buck <d...@icepic.de> writes:
Hi Ian!
You can have your source inherit from the original package’s,
but with
modifications -- just like the package itself. This might not
be
exaxtly right, but should give you the right idea:
(define-public u-boot-new-cool-board-arm
(package
(inherit ub)
(version "2024.01")
(source
(origin
(inherit (package-source ub))
(patches (append (origin-patches (package-source ub))
'("0001-Add-board-description-for-new-cool-board.patch")))))))
Any fields you don’t want to modify will be inherited, so you
may be
able to eliminate the version field as well.
Oh i didn't know i can use inherit for all all (?) record
types. On
hindsight it is pretty obvious. Thanks! Your solution works
perfect!
Yes, it’s very handy. I’m glad my suggestion was helpful.
By chance, do you know if a transformation would also work and
if so,
how?
I’ve never messed with package transformations, so I don’t know.
Thanks,
— Ian
