bug#42155: closed (--with-source=PACKAGE=REPLACEMENT-SOURCE doesn't work recursively)

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> --with-source=PACKAGE=REPLACEMENT-SOURCE doesn't work recursively
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> Wed, 1 Jul 2020 17:53:31 +0100
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> For example, `guix build --with-source=youtube-dl=blahblah mpv` builds
> mpv normally, after giving a message: guix build: warning:
> transformation 'with-source' had no effect on mpv@0.32.0
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> Hi,
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> Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:
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> > pkill9 <pkill9@runbox.com> skribis:
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> >>> I think what you're looking for is more of:
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> >>> guix build --no-grafts mpv --with-input=youtube-dl=$(guix build
> >>> --no-grafts youtube-dl
> >>> --with-source=https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/releases/download/2020.06.16/youtube-dl-2020.06.16.tar.gz)
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> >>> This didn't work for me though, I got:
> >>> guix build: error:
> >>> /gnu/store/9ncacjhzwlchpr1y5fd8ahdq59dsya20-youtube-dl-2020.06.16:
> >>> unknown package
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> >> Even if that worked, it doesn't fix the issue of the --with-source flag
> >> not working on the specified package's inputs.
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> > ‘--with-source’ is documented to be “shallow”: unlike ‘--with-input’ &
> > co., it doesn’t apply recursively.
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> > I think we should change it though.
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> Closing, since that's been implemented per
> 28ade1bab207974cce6a014e7187968511fc5526 ("transformations:
> '--with-source' now operates in depth.") last September.
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> -- 
> Thanks,
> Maxim
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