Trouble with 'guix download'

2017-12-03 Thread Luther Thompson
I'd like to install Python 3.6.3 with Guix, but Guix only has a package for 3.5.3. I'm trying to see if I can write my own package definition. I'm currently stuck trying to use 'guix download'. This is what I get: $ guix download https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.6.3/Python-3.6.3.tar.xz Startin

Re: Bootstrapping on a new platform

2017-12-03 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 08:46:56AM +0200, Manolis Ragkousis wrote: > Hello Paul, > > On 12/03/17 01:17, Paul Boddie wrote: > > I finally got round to trying to build Guix again, this time doing a native > > build rather than a cross-build. However, I'm attempting this on an > > unsupported platf