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Re: Update the Guix package/version
From: |
Ludovic Courtès |
Subject: |
Re: Update the Guix package/version |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:11:27 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) |
Roel Janssen <address@hidden> skribis:
> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Roel Janssen <address@hidden> skribis:
>>
>>> What's the decision process for updating the ‘guix’ package revision,
>>> like in commit b1fb247b?
>>
>> There’s no real process, just do it when there’s a good reason to do it.
>>
>>> The reason I ask this is because I'd like to bump the revision so that
>>> the changes from 5cefb13d to ‘guix-daemon’ are available when I install
>>> ‘guix’ in a profile.
>>
>> Makes sense!
>>
>> Note that you can run “make update-guix-package” to do the work. Be
>> sure to do that from a commit that is available on Savannah. And of
>> course, make sure the package builds locally. :-)
>
> Cool! I didn't know about this build step. May I commit the change, so
> that I won't end up with an ambiguous revision number later on?
Sure if you have an update based on an upstream commit that builds,
you’re welcome to push it.
Perhaps you can also run “guix build -S guix --check” to be 100% sure
that the commit and hash are correct.
Thanks,
Ludo’.