[bug#35653] [PATCH] gnu: Add rcm.

[Josh Holland]

Hi,

Below is the first package definition I have written for Guix, defining
the dotfile management suite rcm[0].  I'm sure there are changes to be
made before it can be merged, and I did have a few issues while I was
writing it.  However, it does now build, install and run fine on my
local machine.

First, I wasn't sure whether it fits into an existing module already.
I had a look through the contents of gnu/packages/ but I didn't see
anything that really stuck out.  Perhaps it fits into shellutils?

Second, I had a lot of trouble with the test suite.  The first thing
that I had to solve was some hardcoded paths in the test cases, which
I solved with the following argument to `#:phases`:

(modify-phases %standard-phases
  (add-after 'patch-source-shebangs 'patch-tests
    (lambda _
      (substitute* '("test/rcrc-tilde.t"
                     "test/rcdn-hooks-run-in-order.t"
                     "test/rcup-hooks-run-in-order.t")
        (("/bin/sh") (which "sh")))
      (substitute* "test/rcup-hooks.t"
        (("/usr/bin/env") (which "env")))
      #t)))

This may or may not be the right way to go about things; I'd appreciate
some feedback on that.

However, I was still having issues with certain tests
(`test/rcup-hooks.t`, `test/rcdn-hooks.t` and possibly others)
non-deterministically failing trying to create and read /tmp/test files.
I'm not sure how to fix this, or even what's causing it: every time I
tried to reproduce it by hand the tests passed.  I assume that something
is deleting /tmp/test while the test is running but I'm not sure what.
In the end I just disabled the tests, since even passing XFAIL_TESTS
doesn't work as sometimes the tests just pass.

If there are any ideas to solve the tests, or any other issues that need
fixing, I'm happy to re-submit the patch.

Thanks,
Josh

[0]: http://thoughtbot.github.io/rcm/

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Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add rcm.

* gnu/packages/rcm.scm (rcm): New variable.
---
 gnu/packages/rcm.scm | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/rcm.scm

diff --git a/gnu/packages/rcm.scm b/gnu/packages/rcm.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..180fff5ed9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/rcm.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+(define-module (gnu packages rcm)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages python-xyz)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl))
+
+(define-public rcm
+  (package
+    (name "rcm")
+    (version "1.3.3")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (string-append "https://thoughtbot.github.io/rcm/dist/rcm-";
+                                  version ".tar.gz"))
+              (sha256
+               (base32 
"1bqk7rrp1ckzvsvl9wghsr77m8xl3a7yc5gqdsisz492dx2j8mck"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (arguments '(#:tests? #f))
+    (native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl)
+                     ("python-cram" ,python-cram)))
+    (synopsis "Management suite for dotfiles")
+    (description "The rcm suite of tools is for managing dotfiles directories. 
 This is
+a directory containing all the @code{.*rc} files in your home directory
+(@code{.zshrc}, @code{.vimrc}, and so on). These files have gone by many
+names in history, such as “rc files” because they typically end in rc
+or “dotfiles” because they begin with a period.  This suite is useful
+for committing your rc files to a central repository to share, but it also
+scales to a more complex situation such as multiple source directories
+shared between computers with some host-specific or task-specific files.")
+    (license bsd-3)
+    (home-page "https://github.com/thoughtbot/rcm";)))
-- 
2.21.0