[bug#51739] [PATCH 1/3] gnu: Add realmd.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

phodina <phodina@protonmail.com> skribis:

> * gnu/packages/admin.scm (realmd): New variable.
> * gnu/packages/patches/realmd-remove-distro-detection.patch: New file.
> * gnu/local.mk: Add patch.

[...]

> +    (synopsis
> +     "DBus service for configuring kerberos and other online identities")
> +    (description
> +     "Dbus system service that manages discovery and enrollment in
> +realms/domains like Active Directory or IPA.")

Could you improve on it as per
<https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Synopses-and-Descriptions.html>?

> +    (home-page "https://www.freedesktop.org/software/realmd/";)
> +    (license license:lgpl2.1)))

Isn’t it ‘lgpl2.1+’?  This is the case unless the authors explicitly
omitted the “or any later version” wording.

> +-AC_ARG_WITH([distro],
> +-            [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-distro],
> +-                            [Configure for a specific distribution (eg: 
> redhat)]
> +-                           )],
> +-            [DISTRO=$withval],
> +-            [DISTRO=])
> +-
> +-if test -z $DISTRO; then
> +-    AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/redhat-release, [DISTRO="redhat"])
> +-    AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/debian_version, [DISTRO="debian"])
> +-    AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/SuSE-release, [DISTRO="suse"])
> +-
> +-    # Not customized for these yet
> +-    dnl AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/gentoo-release, [DISTRO="gentoo"])
> +-    dnl AC_CHECK_FILE(/etc/slackware-version, [DISTRO="slackware"])
> +-
> +-fi
> +-
> +-if test -z $DISTRO; then
> +-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Couldn't detect the distro to configure for. Specify one 
> with --with-distro])
> +-fi

Rather than adding this patch, I think you can do:

  #:configure-flags '("--with-distro=GNU Guix")

Could you send an updated patch?

Thanks,
Ludo’.