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Re: Package Installation Queries
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Ludovic Courtès |
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Re: Package Installation Queries |
Date: |
Thu, 09 Feb 2017 11:00:37 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hello!
Carlo Zancanaro <address@hidden> skribis:
> I install all of my Emacs packages via Guix, but in an usual way. I have
> written a script which takes in a list of Emacs packages that I want to
> install, then uses the Elpa importer to generate a Guix package (the
> scheme data structure) which I can build using `guix package -f`. Each
> time I run the script it pulls the most recent version on Melpa, so it's
> not reproducible, but I get the ability to use Guix for roll-backs (and
> in theory I think I could archive my configuration and import it on
> another machine, but I haven't tried that).
It has pros and cons as you write, but I think it’s a neat hack!
I’ve been thinking we should have a way to hook importers and updaters
directly to the command-line interface to facilitate this kind of
experimentation. Say:
guix package --importer=elpa -i something
which would import ‘something’ and its dependencies on the fly.
Ludo’.
Re: Package Installation Queries, Carlo Zancanaro, 2017/02/08
Re: Package Installation Queries, Ricardo Wurmus, 2017/02/19