[debbugs-tracker] bug#32759: closed ([PATCH 0/8] Seamless integration of inferior packages)

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> [PATCH 0/8] Seamless integration of inferior packages
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> Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:04:08 +0200
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> Hello Guix!
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> Here comes icing for the cake: a facility that allows you to mix inferior
> packages with “regular” packages in a single profile.
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> For now you can use it, for instance, by writing a manifest for
> ‘guix package -m’ along these lines:
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> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (use-modules (guix inferior) (guix channels))
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> (define channels
>   (list (channel
>          (name 'guix)
>          (url
>           "https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/guix.git";)
>          (commit
>           #;"4ab6a2f23d43f6c7e4a5a7420db613c5ba5b03b6" ;recent
>           "65956ad3526ba09e1f7a40722c96c6ef7c0936fe"))))
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> (define inferior
>   (inferior-for-channels channels))
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> (packages->manifest
>  (list (car (lookup-inferior-packages inferior "guile-json"))
>        (specification->package "guile")))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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> The example above gives you guile-json 1.0.1 with guile 2.2.4.
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> Inferior packages are “first class”, meaning that their search paths,
> propagated inputs, etc. are honored, just like for regular packages.
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> Building Guix or even just computing its derivation takes some time
> so the last patch, which implements ‘inferior-for-channels’, adds a
> cache.  That way, if you frequently use a given inferior, it’s
> immediately available.
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> There’s no documentation yet, mostly because I wanted to get it out
> the door and wasn’t sure whether we should provide higher-level
> interfaces.
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> Anyway, that’s it.  Feedback welcome!
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> Ludo’.
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> Ludovic Courtès (8):
>   inferior: Add 'inferior-package-derivation'.
>   inferior: Add 'lookup-inferior-packages'.
>   inferior: Add 'inferior-package-inputs' & co.
>   inferior: Add 'inferior-package-search-paths' & co.
>   inferior: Add 'inferior-package->manifest-entry'.
>   profiles: 'packages->manifest' now accepts inferior packages.
>   channels: Add 'channel-instances->derivation'.
>   inferior: Add 'inferior-for-channels'.
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>  guix/channels.scm     |  16 +-
>  guix/inferior.scm     | 366 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  guix/profiles.scm     |  27 +++-
>  tests/guix-package.sh |  15 ++
>  tests/inferior.scm    | 123 +++++++++++++-
>  5 files changed, 523 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
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> 2.18.0
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> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > Ludovic Courtès (8):
> >   inferior: Add 'inferior-package-derivation'.
> >   inferior: Add 'lookup-inferior-packages'.
> >   inferior: Add 'inferior-package-inputs' & co.
> >   inferior: Add 'inferior-package-search-paths' & co.
> >   inferior: Add 'inferior-package->manifest-entry'.
> >   profiles: 'packages->manifest' now accepts inferior packages.
> >   channels: Add 'channel-instances->derivation'.
> >   inferior: Add 'inferior-for-channels'.
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> Pushed along with some documentation!
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> Ludo’.
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