Sure, but existing files don't work, I asked for assistance on that. It is not useful to add non-working package definitions, right?
On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 12:17:38PM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > > Hi Jean Louis, > > > Regarding single line on the end, that is because I used: > > > > guix build -f file.scm > > > > to test it, as it has to evaluate to something. > > I suggest to do the following: > > * clone the guix repository > > * add the package definition to an existing file (such as > “gnu/packages/messaging.scm”) > > * then run “./pre-inst-env guix build loudmouth” > > That’s closer to how most of us work on Guix and you don’t have to > add the variable name to the end to evaluate it. > > This will also make it easier for you to generate a patch by commiting > your change and then running “git format-patch -1”. > > ~~ Ricardo