[bug#51948] [PATCH] Meson needs proper wrapping

[Vivien Kraus]

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
>> I pushed an update that does precisely that. Is the name "meson-wrapped"
>> OK? Also, how can I influence guix to rather install the wrapped version
>> when the user invokes "guix install meson"?
>
> I you just add another meson@0.60 package like this patch does, the UI
> will complain that “meson@0.60” is ambiguous, that there are two of them.
>
> To work around it, I’d mark the unwrapped meson@0.60 as hidden (using
> the ‘properties’ field) while keeping the other one visible.
>
> That way “guix install meson” will install the wrapped one.

I think that’s good: I build it with guix shell meson or guix build
meson, and I can run its absolute file name in a guix shell --pure
gcc. However, it does not seem to cause a world rebuild.

Vivien

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Description: Meson is now hidden, the wrapped version is not

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