Re: Gnunet-0.10.0 recipe

[Sree Harsha Totakura]

On 01/30/2014 11:39 PM, Andreas Enge wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 05:36:03PM +0100, Sree Harsha Totakura wrote:
>> > Here is the much awaited recipe for GNUnet.  The patches follow this email.
> excellent! I also worked on gnunet and think my handling of phases is
> a bit simpler and clearer:
> 
>    (arguments
>     `(#:phases
>         ;; swap check and install phases and set paths to installed binaries
>         (alist-cons-before
>          'check 'set-path-for-check
>          (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
>           (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
>            (setenv "GNUNET_PREFIX" out)
>            (setenv "PATH" (string-append (getenv "PATH") ":" out "/bin"))))
>         (alist-cons-after
>          'install 'check
>          (assoc-ref %standard-phases 'check)
>         (alist-delete
>          'check
>         %standard-phases)))))
> 
Yes, this looks better, perhaps Ludo can replace the relevant part with
this.

> (where the 'set-path-for-check phase will be made obsolete by the recent
> gnunet modification I suggested in its bug tracker).
Yes, this will be made obsolete.

> 
> We have slightly different inputs; what is opus needed for? Apart from that,

We now have a new voice-chat service called conversation.  Opus is the
audio codec it requires, hence the new dependency.

> I have additional inputs:
>       ("libmicrohttpd" ,libmicrohttpd)
>       ("openssl" ,openssl) ; needed for some tests creating TLS certificates
> 
> Maybe openssl is a remainder from an earlier gnunet version and not needed/
> used anymore?

The README mentions openssl as a requirement; I forgot to add it.
Perhaps the build didn't build relevant parts or testcases.

I shall try adding the openssl dependency and see how it goes.

Sree