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bug#29814: impossible to pass spaces in GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS
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Ludovic Courtès |
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bug#29814: impossible to pass spaces in GUIX_BUILD_OPTIONS |
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Date: |
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 22:06:04 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) |
Martin Castillo <address@hidden> skribis:
> guix/util.scm:(arguments-from-envirenment-variable) uses
> char-set:graphic to split the string. this makes it impossible to pass
> spaces in the arguments.
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> This makes it impossible to pass more than one substitute-url via the
> environment.
Yes, this is annoying. I think --substitute-urls (plural) was
misguided. Instead we should instead have --substitute-url (singular),
which could be repeated several times. That would solve the troubles
with spaces.
During a transition period we could keep accepting --substitute-urls.
WDYT?
Ludo’.