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git-fetch for emacs-auctex?
From: |
Paul Garlick |
Subject: |
git-fetch for emacs-auctex? |
Date: |
Tue, 25 May 2021 18:42:44 +0100 |
Hi Guix,
I recently attempted to reproduce a profile containing emacs-auctex,
only to find a '404: not found' error.
The reason is that elpa.gnu.org archives previous auctex versions with
a .tar.lz extension. This throws out the Guix package source
definition, which expects a .tar extension.
I have considered a few ideas to solve this:
i) track the last-but-one auctex version in Gnu Elpa. This way all
versions would have the same extension. However, would the url-fetch
method cope with the .tar.lz format?
ii) use the git-fetch method with the upstream repository. However,
the upstream version tag at http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/auctex.git
is a smaller number than the Gnu Elpa version tag. This would result
in an apparent downgrade. Would that be permissible?
iii) use the git-fetch method to clone the auctex branch of the
elpa.git repository (along the lines of 'git clone --single-branch --
branch externals/auctex .../elpa.git). As far as I can see this is not
currently possible.
Are there any insights or suggestions?
Best regards,
Paul.
- git-fetch for emacs-auctex?,
Paul Garlick <=