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Re: How do I define a package?
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Leo Famulari |
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Re: How do I define a package? |
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Wed, 22 Aug 2018 02:01:26 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) |
On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 06:34:30PM -0400, Luther Thompson wrote:
> My next issue is that it won't install. I see this in the middle of
> the build output:
>
> starting phase `install'
> scons: Reading SConscript files ...
> scons: done reading SConscript files.
> scons: Building targets ...
> scons: *** [/usr] /usr: Permission denied
> scons: building terminated because of errors.
>
> As I understand it, every package has its own store directory, which
> mirrors FHS, and all the package's files get installed there. I expect
> Guix to install files to my package's store directory, but it looks
> like it wants to install to the root filesystem instead. I might need
> to add an `arguments` field to my package, but I'm not sure what to put
> in it.
Looking at some other Guix packages using the scons-build-system, it
seems like the Sconscripts usually take a 'PREFIX' or 'prefix' argument
that should contain the output directory in /gnu/store.
For example:
------
(build-system scons-build-system)
(arguments
`(#:tests? #f ;no tests
#:scons-flags
(list (string-append "prefix=" (assoc-ref %outputs "out")))
------
Which is from the aria-maestosa package:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/music.scm?id=dc695341f77c6c5326fd0aca78f94bf8ac0212f8#n150
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