Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add guile-gnome

[David Pirotte]

Hi Alex,

> >> > > ...
> >> > > +        (modify-phases %standard-phases
> >> > > +          (add-before 'configure 'pre-configure
> >> > > +               (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
> >> > > +                 (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
> >> > > +                   (substitute* (find-files "." "^Makefile.in$")
> >> > > +                     (("guilemoduledir =.*guile/site" all)
> >> > > +                     (string-append all "/2.0")))
> >> > > +                  #t))))))
> >> > > ...    

> >> > Just curious: why do you (string-append all "/2.0")? Is this a guix 
> >> > guideline
> >> > maybe?  

> >> >  IMO, G-wrap, Guile-Cairo and Guile-Gnome should all be installed in
> >> > the directory returned by (%global-site-dir)  

> >> `guilemoduledir =.*guile/site' is saved in the variable `all' and then
> >> used in the second half of the substitute*.  I have a similar one I
> >> wrote for aria2 in bittorrent.scm  

> > ok, but why "/2.0" is appended to it?  

> I think the version is not needed, but Ludovic had another opinion.  I
> don't remember details but there was some discussion about it:
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2014-10/msg00408.html>

Thanks for the pointer.  FWIW, I agree with Mark

        (a) (%global-site-dir) as always been part of gule's search paths for
        modules, and that should not be 'altered' for guix, imo;

        (b) it seems to me there has been a confuson, in this thread, in between
        those of you talking about packages that also need to install things in
        $prefix/bin and 'natively' do not distingish themselve from other 
version(s)
        [1] and those of you talking packages that are compatible with several
        version of guile [the one listed in their configure.ac file] and these
        should be installed in (%global-site-dir), imo.

But then maybe I'm missing something.

Cheers,
David

[1]     the thread sites qt 4 and 5, but guile does that too by the way, even if
        you specify --program-suffix, it installs itself and its scripts, in
        $prefix/bin, without the suffix

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