Re: Qt/KDE build system?

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

Hartmut Goebel <address@hidden> skribis:

> I'm currently packaging some KDE applications and find myself adding
> this to each of the package descriptions:
>
>     (arguments
>      `(#:modules ((guix build cmake-build-system)
>                   (guix build qt-utils)
>                   (guix build utils))
>        #:imported-modules (,@%cmake-build-system-modules
>                            (guix build qt-utils))
>        #:phases
>        (modify-phases %standard-phases
>          (add-after 'install 'wrap-executable
>            (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
>              (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
>                (wrap-qt-program out "lskat"))
>              #t)))))
>
> IMHO it would make sense to have some Qt/KDE build system or a flag for
> the cmake-build-system so these code replication can be avoided.

I agree.

> How shall de approach this?

I think you could come up with a ‘qt-build-system’ (is that an
appropriate name?) that simply adds the things above on top of
‘gnu-build-system’, similar to what ‘glib-or-gtk-build-system’ does.

HTH!

Ludo’.