bug#22970: closed (guix edit mutt -- not working)

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> guix edit mutt -- not working
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> Thu, 10 Mar 2016 00:22:20 +0100
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> Hello,
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> My understanding is that each user, shall be able to:
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> guix edit mutt
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> as example, change the options, and get such package, as I wanted to
> add: --enable-hcache here:
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>  `(#:configure-flags '("--enable-smtp"
>                                            "--enable-imap"
>                                            "--enable-pop"
>                                            "--enable-gpgme"
>                                            "--with-ssl"
>                                            "--with-sasl"
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> but I cannot "save" the file, as it is read only:
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> /gnu/store/632msbms2yaldfnlrb5lbnlnmn9yjisw-guix-0.9.0/share/guile/site/2.0/gnu/packages/mail.scm:
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> UNLOCKED, readonly: line 206 of 1007 [20%]
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> And I could not save the file in my home directory, and do:
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> guix package -i mutt -f mail.scm
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> I need help in understanding, rather than using mutt, as I want to
> urgently run the GNU.
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> Jean Louis
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> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 12:22:20AM +0100, Jean Louis wrote:
> > And I could not save the file in my home directory, and do:
> > guix package -i mutt -f mail.scm
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> As mentioned on IRC, modify the file mail.scm by adding a line
>    mutt
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>    guix package -f mail.scm
> does "install the package that the code within FILE evaluates to" as
> explained by "guix package --help". mail.scm itself does not evaluate
> to anything, it just contains a number of variable definitions. By adding
> the line, it "returns" the value of the variable mutt, which is your
> package definition.
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> Better yet, use GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH, for instance as follows:
>    export GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH=$HOME/guix
> Then create the same file layout in that directory as in the source code:
>    mkdir -p $HOME/guix/gnu/packages
> Copy mail.scm there, modify mutt, then
>    guix package -i mutt
> will first look for your modified package.
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> As this is not a bug, it would have been better to post to address@hidden;
> let us continue the discussion there (if you are not yet subscribed, please
> do so), and I am closing this bug.
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> Andreas
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