On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 03:15:46PM -0500, Stephen Scheck wrote: > Is there a way to relocate the package build workspace for a Git clone > source, e.g.: > > (package > (name "my-package") > (version "0.0.1") > (source (origin > (method git-fetch) > (uri (git-reference > (url "https://github.com/my-package"))) > (file-name (git-file-name name version)) > > This results in a path like `<guix-build-temp>/my-package-0.0.1` but > because of idiosyncrasies in the project's build system, I need for it to > be relocated to something like `<guix-build-temp>/foo/bar/my-package-0.0.1`. > > How can I do this?
I'm not sure that I fully understand what you are asking. However, the location of the build directory is controlled by the TMPDIR variable, which is set in the environment of the guix-daemon. You can set it to any location that you want. An alternative per-package approach is to add a build phase before the 'unpack' phase and do something like `mkdir -p foo/bar && chdir foo/bar`.