Re: Building packages in REPL

[Anthony Quizon]

Cool thanks. I'll try these out

On Saturday, June 27, 2020, Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 12:00:17PM +0200, zimoun wrote:
> > Dear,
> >
> > On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 09:25, Konrad Hinsen <konrad.hinsen@fastmail.net>
> wrote:
> > > Anthony Quizon <anthoq88@gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > >> Is there a way that I can build a package via the repl?
> >
> > Well, it is not what you are asking I guess, but it is possible:
> >
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> > $ guix repl
> > scheme@(guix-user)> (use-modules (guix scripts build))
> > scheme@(guix-user)> (guix-build "-L" "." "bonjour")
> > /gnu/store/m658csbnly6zywfl5nax9glya3rzhbdy-bonjour-2.10
> > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> >
>
> As a side note, the various guix-foo commands from guix/scripts/* have
> an undefined return value so you can't check for #t or anything to see
> if a package built.
>
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