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Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field.
From: |
Ricardo Wurmus |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field. |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 10:41:22 +0200 |
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mu4e 0.9.16; emacs 25.1.1 |
Alex Kost <address@hidden> writes:
> Yes, I agree that it's a good demonstration of using Scheme API to get
> any package info you need. But many (probably most) people do not know
> Guile and this Guix package API well enough, and for them it may be much
> easier to operate on the recutils output of "guix package --show" in
> their scripts. If I understand correctly, that's why David suggested
> that patch.
Yes, the recutils output could be used in scripts. My recommendation
when dealing with source tarballs, however, is to call “guix build -S”
on the package name that recutils provides — this gives the user the
actual corresponding source. This seems to be sufficient for shell
scripting purposes.
~~ Ricardo
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., (continued)
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Ben Woodcroft, 2016/08/10
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., David Craven, 2016/08/10
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/08/10
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., David Craven, 2016/08/10
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Alex Kost, 2016/08/11
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., David Craven, 2016/08/11
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/08/11
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Alex Kost, 2016/08/12
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Ricardo Wurmus, 2016/08/11
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Alex Kost, 2016/08/12
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field.,
Ricardo Wurmus <=
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., David Craven, 2016/08/12
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Alex Kost, 2016/08/13
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., David Craven, 2016/08/13
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Leo Famulari, 2016/08/13
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Alex Kost, 2016/08/14
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Thompson, David, 2016/08/10
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Leo Famulari, 2016/08/10
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Mark H Weaver, 2016/08/11
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., Mark H Weaver, 2016/08/11
- Re: [PATCH] ui: 'package->recutils' serializes the source field., David Craven, 2016/08/11