Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: Add vte.

[Mark H Weaver]

宋文武 <address@hidden> writes:

> Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 宋文武 <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> David Thompson <address@hidden> writes:
>>>> Maybe call this one 'vte-gtk2'?  'vte-0' isn't very descriptive.
>>> Basically, I intend to use the version of pc file,
>>> for example, I have libwnck-1, which has libwnck-1.0.pc.
>>>
>>> Yes, this does make sense, but 'vte-gtk2' is look like another package,
>>> how about 'vte/gtk+-2'?
>>
>> Package names cannot match the regexp "-[0-9]", because when
>> 'package-name->name+version' in (guix utils) finds such a match, it
>> interprets the part after the "-" as a version number.  So if you run
>> "guix package -i vte/gtk+-2", it will look for version "2" of a package
>> named "vte/gtk+".
> Ah, I think you mean the 'name' field of package?
>
> I'm talk about the variable name, for which we have gtk+-2, gtkmm-2 etc.

You're right, my mistake.  Nevermind :)

     Mark