bug#51471: [PATCH] gnu: Add geth-binary.

[Attila Lendvai]

ok, i'll file it somewhere else.

thanks for the quick feedback,

- attila
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On Friday, October 29th, 2021 at 10:51, Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net> 
wrote:

> Attila Lendvai attila@lendvai.name skribis:
>
> > It downloads, verifies, and patches the official binary release of the
> >
> > go-ethereum client using patchelf.
> >
> > -   gnu/packages/geth-binary.scm (geth-binary): New variable.
> >
> > dear fellow Guix hackers,
> >
> > RFC: would Guix accept a package like this? if yes, then i welcome any
> >
> > feedback, this is my first binary package. i welcome also pointers to
> >
> > other packages from which i should mimic something.
> >
> > this is only lightly tested for now, but before i tidy everything up,
> >
> > i wanted to know whether such a beast would ever be accepted.
>
> Hi,
>
> The official Guix repository can only include free software built from
>
> sources. For a package definition downloading a binary, you have to use
>
> a custom channel [1].
>
> [1] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Channels