Re: [PATCH] Fix compiling on CentOS 7.

[Roel Janssen]

Florian Paul Schmidt writes:

> On 08/27/2016 10:51 AM, Roel Janssen wrote:
>
>> I don't see a way to apply this patch "on the CentOS side" except for
>> waiting (another two or three years) until they upgrade Automake.
>
> When packaging guix for CentOS, just add a patch to the source package
> definition..

I do not intend to create an RPM package for CentOS, I am merely trying
to do the following:
  git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guix.git
  cd guix
  ./bootstrap
  ./configure
  make

> Regards,
> Flo
>
> P.S.: Why the macro is preferrable to spelling out the directories:
> Possible typos, possible errors when moving directories around, etc..

Right.  I don't think it justifies breaking compatibility with CentOS
7.  What do you think?

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen