On 22/07/02 07:43pm, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: > > On 7/2/22 10:46, James Crake-Merani wrote: > > On 22/07/02 09:11am, adriano wrote: > > > Il giorno ven, 01/07/2022 alle 18.15 +0100, James Crake-Merani ha > > > scritto: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > I was just wondering what approach people tend to take when writing a > > > > script which installs a module onto the load-path. I understand this > > > > path might be different on different machines so how do you make sure > > > > the module is installed in the right path? Would you use something > > > > like a Makefile? > > > not only a Makefile > > > > > > The whole Autotools chain > > > > > > There are 2 options: > > > > > > 1) you write the config.am and Makefile.am (or however they're called) > > > by hand and you deal with the Autotools directly, by hand > > > > > > 2) You use guile-hall and it will wrap the Autotools making the > > > experience a bit less frustrating > > > > > > > > > > > > BUT > > > > > > I wonder: why you want to install your module ? > > > > > > You might want to distribute it as a simple handful of source files > > > > > > Guile will compile it automagically at need > > > > > > If your module has no dependencies, that could be an easy option > > > > > > If it _has_ dependencies, then the Autotools might be of help > > > > > > Did you think about this ? > > > > > > I hate to second guess your question > > > > > > I understand it might be perceived as rude and I'm sorry for that > > > > > > I just think these distinctions in use cases are not clear at all, in > > > the manual and in general > > > > > > So this could be an easy pitfall > > Hi, > > > > Don't worry, you didn't come across as rude at all. My use case was simply > > that I wrote some modules that I wanted to distribute, and I thought that > > if I'm going to distribute them, I probably ought to put some sort of > > script in so users can install them as well. The modules in question are > > just a simple project which tests your conformance to a certain political > > ideology (which is not sophisticated at all because it was more of a joke > > between friends that I thought would make a good programming exercise). > > After seeing Guile Hall recommended by yourself, and Jeremy I thought this > > might be appropriate. My modules have no dependencies aside from those > > already part of Guile although I do intend to write another module which > > will depend on the previous module. > > > > So if I were to take the latter approach of just distributing the source > > code then I presume users would have to load the file manually, or install > > it manually unless I'm missing something. In that case, I would've thought > > using something like Guile Hall would be more appropriate but again I might > > be missing something. > > > > I have just found the manual pages detailing Guile Hall which I was not > > originally aware of. After reading them, it does seem to me that Hall would > > be appropriate for this but of course I would be willing to hear about > > alternatives to distributing the code. > > > > Thanks for your response. > > Hello James! > > If your code is Guile code exclusively, then you might not need Guile Hall > for packaging your code. You can make a GNU Guix package without Guile Hall. > That is not to say, that Guile Hall does not work well, but I had a project, > which I wanted to package and ultimately I did not want to depend on all the > autotools machinery, which I do not understand. It has been a while, since I > have packaged anything (I should really clean the repo a bit …), but the > project I have is https://notabug.org/ZelphirKaltstahl/guile-fslib. I think > tag 0.2.1 should contain a valid guix.scm. This repo also still has files > from previous Guile Hall attempts. However, you might have to study the docs > to get things working for your own project and how to test it with guix. I > remember, that I used a VM for testing installation of the package. > Somewhere I have a repository, which describes the process. > > Regards, > Zelphir > > -- > repositories: https://notabug.org/ZelphirKaltstahl >
Hi, The reason why I have been a bit reluctant to use GNU Guix for this sort of thing is that the distro I use is not Guix but rather Arch Linux. I do intend to try out GNU Guix in the future but at the moment I have lots of other things to do. I am aware Guix does work on foreign distros but I will need to learn how to use it first. I understand what you say regarding Guile Hall. I too do not understand the autotools machinery but it did seem simple to setup without that understanding. Thanks for sharing your repository. I think for now I will probably end up using Guile Hall although I might experiment with just purely Guix, and see if I can get that to work how I want it as well. Thanks.