modifying (rather than fully replacing) a build phases

2023-06-27 Thread John Kehayias
Hi Guixers, A question that is either relatively simple or else getting into the weeds a bit, that I came across in my proposed patch The general question is: how can I modify a build phase without replacing it completely? More specifically (as seen in the p

Scheduled monthly update for (gnu packages astronomy)

2023-06-27 Thread Sharlatan Hellseher
Hi Guix! As you may noticed Guix's collection for astro[physics|nomy] is growing! It is about 70+ packaged projects just in (gnu packages astronomy), and I try to prepare more for review, sourcing, mainly, from Debian astro and tracking the progress in the channel https://git.sr.ht/~hellseher/ffa

Re: modifying (rather than fully replacing) a build phases

2023-06-27 Thread John Kehayias
My question remains, but I've updated the patch in question to use #:make-flags (thanks to mirai for the idea), separating out these parameters from the build command and making this a much easier change. Still, we have examples of just copying some phase by hand to make adjustments, is there anyt