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diff --git a/topics/guix/packages.gmi b/topics/guix/packages.gmi index a52f49b..b4a393c 100644 --- a/topics/guix/packages.gmi +++ b/topics/guix/packages.gmi @@ -2,15 +2,27 @@ To deploy GN we have packages in Guix itself (that comes with a distribution), in guix-bioinformatics and in guix-past (for older packages). +When you develop a new package it is best to run against a recent version of guix. Note that with GeneNetwork this is different as we 'fixate' guix at an older version. See + +=> genenetwork-fixating-guix + Typically run a guix pull to get the latest guix: ``` mkdir -p ~/opt -guix package -i guix -p ~/opt/guix +guix pull -p ~/opt/guix-pull +unset GUIX_PROFILE # for Debian +source ~/opt/guix-pull ``` and checkout guix-past and guix-bioinformatics using git. +Note that a codeberg pull may be faster (Guix recently moved main development to Codeberg): + +``` +guix pull -p ~/opt/guix-pull --url=https://codeberg.org/guix/guix +``` + Now Guix should be happy with ``` @@ -20,7 +32,7 @@ genenetwork2 3.11-2.1328932 out /home/wrk/guix-bioinformatics/gn genenetwork3 0.1.0-2.e781996 out /home/wrk/guix-bioinformatics/gn/packages/genenetwork.scm:107:4 ``` -and we can try building +note that using the -L switch is a bit of a hack. Normally we use channels. We can try building ``` ~/opt/guix-pull/bin/guix build -L ~/guix-bioinformatics/ -L ~/guix-past/modules/ genenetwork2 |