Re: Removing a store reference from a file

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:

> The programs don't need or use this reference, so it would be nice to
> get rid of it and save users some bandwidth when installing Go programs.

[...]

> I see that in Guix we have ((guix build utils) remove-store-references),
> which removes *all* store references from a file, but using it here
> leaves the Go executable unable to even start execution. I think it
> needs libc's linker:

It surely does.  :-)

What about adjusting ‘remove-store-references’ to create a
‘remove-store-reference’ (singular) procedure in (guix build
go-build-system)?  That should be doable.

HTH,
Ludo’.