From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Aug 03 09:33:06 2021 Received: (at 40272) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Aug 2021 13:33:06 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40011 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mAuXa-0003MB-CR for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 09:33:06 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:39560) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mAuXY-0003Lg-Eu for 40272@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 09:33:05 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:49908) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mAuXR-0006Ti-Oa; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 09:32:57 -0400 Received: from [2001:660:6102:320:e120:2c8f:8909:cdfe] (port=43002 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mAuXR-0000lY-A8; Tue, 03 Aug 2021 09:32:57 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Maxime Devos Subject: Re: bug#40272: linux-module-build-system don't support an inferior package as a kernel References: <4ace97d14da81f85ee833cacda791edb@waegenei.re> <87k0l5i3mw.fsf@waegenei.re> <875ywpxgdz.fsf@gnu.org> <87h7g8j2zu.fsf@waegenei.re> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 16 Thermidor an 229 de la =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2021 15:32:55 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Maxime Devos's message of "Mon, 02 Aug 2021 19:12:18 +0200") Message-ID: <87zgtytzzs.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 40272 Cc: 40272@debbugs.gnu.org, Brice Waegeneire X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) Maxime Devos skribis: > Brice Waegeneire schreef op zo 01-08-2021 om 22:59 [+0200]: >> ice-9/boot-9.scm:1685:16: In procedure raise-exception: >> In procedure package-name: Wrong type argument: # >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >>=20 >> > If we want to go further, we=E2=80=99ll have to end up with GOOPS=E2= =80=A6 >> > [...] >>=20 >> Building a parent class of and looks really >> involved to just fix this issue. Is there another way, or are we forced= to >> use GOOPS in that case? > > Going full GOOPS isn't necessary. Yes, I wasn=E2=80=99t seriously suggesting doing that just yet (I developed= an aversion to GOOPS for reasons that may be debatable ;-)), but it strikes me as a case where our ad-hoc extension mechanism, =E2=80=98define-gexp-compiler=E2=80=99, appears to be insufficient. Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.