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Re: 'substitute*' fails with "string contains #\nul character"
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: 'substitute*' fails with "string contains #\nul character" |
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Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:07:57 +0200 |
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Nikita Karetnikov <address@hidden> skribis:
> 'substitute*' fails to patch a binary and returns the following error
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> ice-9/boot-9.scm:106:20: string contains #\nul character:
Yes, that is expected. ‘substitute*’ is for textual files.
‘fold-port-matches’ from (guix build utils) can be used for binary files
(see ‘remove-store-references’ for an example use.)
HTH,
Ludo’.