Re: Setting up guix source tree for testing a package

2021-03-17 Thread Fredrik Salomonsson
Hi Zelphir, Zelphir Kaltstahl writes: > This definitely is helpful! Glad I could be of some help :). > I'm sorry for the delay in responding. Thank you for your efforts! No worries. > I hit other errors when leaving away the --pure and I have the suspicion, that > gnu-build-system requires m

Re: Setting up guix source tree for testing a package

2021-03-17 Thread Zelphir Kaltstahl
Hi Joshua! On 3/12/21 8:59 PM, Joshua Branson wrote: > Zelphir Kaltstahl writes: > >> Hello Guix Users, >> >> I am trying to set up GNU Guix for package testing, as I want to test a >> package >> before sending in a patch to add it to GNU Guix. >> >> I'll describe the steps I am taking and where

Re: Setting up guix source tree for testing a package

2021-03-17 Thread Zelphir Kaltstahl
Hello Frederik! On 3/12/21 2:01 AM, Fredrik Salomonsson wrote: > Hi Zelphir, > > Zelphir Kaltstahl writes: > >> Hello Guix Users, >> >> I am trying to set up GNU Guix for package testing, as I want to test a >> package >> before sending in a patch to add it to GNU Guix. >> >> I'll describe the s

Re: Setting up guix source tree for testing a package

2021-03-12 Thread Leo Famulari
On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 12:31:36AM +0100, Zelphir Kaltstahl wrote: > > ./bootstrap > ./configure --localstatedir=some_directory > > > But here I am facing a problem. I have no clue what to set the > `--localstatedir=directory` to. The docs tell me it is important, but I see no > instruct

Re: Setting up guix source tree for testing a package

2021-03-12 Thread Joshua Branson
Zelphir Kaltstahl writes: > Hello Guix Users, > > I am trying to set up GNU Guix for package testing, as I want to test a > package > before sending in a patch to add it to GNU Guix. > > I'll describe the steps I am taking and where I am seeing them in the docs in > the following. > > All is hap

Re: Setting up guix source tree for testing a package

2021-03-11 Thread Fredrik Salomonsson
Hi Zelphir, Zelphir Kaltstahl writes: > Hello Guix Users, > > I am trying to set up GNU Guix for package testing, as I want to test a > package > before sending in a patch to add it to GNU Guix. > > I'll describe the steps I am taking and where I am seeing them in the docs in > the following.

Setting up guix source tree for testing a package

2021-03-11 Thread Zelphir Kaltstahl
Hello Guix Users, I am trying to set up GNU Guix for package testing, as I want to test a package before sending in a patch to add it to GNU Guix. I'll describe the steps I am taking and where I am seeing them in the docs in the following. All is happening inside a VM, which runs a Debian 10. Th