Ricardo Wurmus writes:
> mikadoZero writes:
>
>> Is it common for the Scheme variable to be different from the package
>> name? What benefit is there to it being different compared to it being
>> the same?
>
> It is not very common, but sometimes it is necessary (in the case of
> “gnu-gettext”
mikadoZero writes:
> Is it common for the Scheme variable to be different from the package
> name? What benefit is there to it being different compared to it being
> the same?
It is not very common, but sometimes it is necessary (in the case of
“gnu-gettext”), and sometimes it is merely conve
Leo Famulari writes:
> The package is named 'iproute2' but the Scheme variable, which is what
> %base-packages is a list of, is named 'iproute'.
Thank you for the clarification.
Is it common for the Scheme variable to be different from the package
name? What benefit is there to it being differ
Julien Lepiller writes:
> iproute2 provides the "ip" command. Try "ip a" for instance to list your
> devices and addresses. Does it work?
That works. Thank you for explaining that.
On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 05:48:19PM -0400, mikadoZero wrote:
> In system.scm in the definition of %base-packages there is iproute but
> if I search for it there is no package with that name.
The package is named 'iproute2' but the Scheme variable, which is what
%base-packages is a list of, is named
Le 12 mars 2019 22:48:19 GMT+01:00, mikadoZero a écrit :
>guix describe:
>guix 1bc24bb
>repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
>branch: master
>commit: 1bc24bbf00e21a26d9eb71e5c89d941812dcdad7
>
>which iproute:
>iproute not found
>
>In system.scm in the definition of
guix describe:
guix 1bc24bb
repository URL: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git
branch: master
commit: 1bc24bbf00e21a26d9eb71e5c89d941812dcdad7
which iproute:
iproute not found
In system.scm in the definition of %base-packages there is iproute but
if I search for it there is no
