Re: Single channel update (or channels vs. GUIX_PACKAGE_PATH)

[Ludovic Courtès]

Pierre Neidhardt <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> writes:
>> It’s just a list.  You can cons onto it.
>
> What I meant is that it does not seem possible to
>
> (list (channel
>        (inherit %default-channels
>                        (commit "..."))))
>
> Or even
>
>   (set-channel-commit %default-channels "...")
>
> But maybe it's not worth it considering it's only 4 lines.

‘%default-channels’ is a list, not a <channel> record, so what you
suggest above cannot work.

But you can do:

  (list (channel
          (inherit (first %default-channels))
          …))

That’s what the stable-channel trick I posted does.

Ludo’.