Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add ircii.

[Andreas Enge]

On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 08:54:13PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> > +             (snippet
> > +              '(begin
> > +                 (substitute* "bsdinstall"
> > +                   (("/bin/strip") "strip")
> > +                   (("/bin/cp") "cp")
> > +                   (("/bin/chmod") "chmod")
> > +                   (("/etc/chown") "chown")
> > +                   (("/bin/chgrp") "chgrp")
> > +                   (("/bin/mkdir") "mkdir")
> > +                   (("/bin/rm") "rm")
> > +                   (("/bin/mv") "mv"))))))
> Does anyone else think we should put this origin snippet in a build phase
> instead? Or, should we leave it in the origin, where it will be applied
> to the source code provided by `guix build --source ircii`?

I think it would be more in line with our usual practices to have it in
a build phase, indeed. Snippets are rather used to remove non-free code
or bundled software.

Andreas