Should 'guix pack', 'install', &c. accept '--file'?

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  • Maxim Cournoyer
  • Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
  • Simon Tournier
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Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote on 20 Oct 2023 20:18
Should 'guix pack', 'install', ... accept '-f'?
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Hi all,

I feel like that everything that could build a package should accept the 'standard build options' like -f.

Does anyone have arguments against it?

Kind regards,

T G-R

Sent on the go. Excuse or enjoy my brevity.
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Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote on 22 Oct 2023 13:49
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retitle 66653 Should 'guix pack', 'install', &c. accept '--file'?
thanks

(-f is unfortunately already overloaded)
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Simon Tournier wrote on 23 Oct 2023 16:02
Re: bug#66653: Should 'guix pack', 'install', ... accept '-f'?
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Hi,

On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 at 18:18, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org> wrote:

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> I feel like that everything that could build a package should accept
> the 'standard build options' like -f.
>
> Does anyone have arguments against it?

No arguments against it. :-)

Cheers,
simon
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 24 Oct 2023 16:42
Re: bug#66653: Should 'guix pack', 'install', &c. accept '--file'?
(name . Simon Tournier)(address . zimon.toutoune@gmail.com)
87lebs3wv8.fsf_-_@gmail.com
Hi Tobias,

Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

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> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 at 18:18, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice via Bug reports
> for GNU Guix <bug-guix@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> I feel like that everything that could build a package should accept
>> the 'standard build options' like -f.
>>
>> Does anyone have arguments against it?
>
> No arguments against it. :-)

Neither from me.

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Thanks,
Maxim
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