Dear Guix Hackers,
Currently to install a local package definition, I have to adjust the
GUILE_LOAD_PATH by hand:
GUILE_LOAD_PATH=. guix package -e '(@ (mercurial) hg)'
This could be much clearer if the $pwd were in the load path automatically.
Even clearer could be something like overlays as discussed on guix-devel.¹
Examples of usage could be:
# install from an explicit definition file
guix package --file mercurial.scm -i mercurial
# install from a directory with many scheme files: essentially just
# adds the directory and subdirectories to the load path.
guix package --overlay . -i mercurial
With the obvious short forms:
(--file | -f)
(--overlay | -o)
Overlay and file might be used multiple times to adjust the available
packages.
Adding the local path to the package would be a first step, but it
would be unnecessary if there were a way to define additional files
and overlays.
Best wishes,
Arne
¹: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2013-08/msg00127.html
