Thanks, that answers my question then. Maybe it would be worth adding a note in the manual for future users?
On Sonntag, 9. September 2018 12:26:57 CEST you wrote: > Hi, > > HiPhish <[email protected]> skribis: > > When using `guix download` and `guix hash` there are (among other) the > > formats `nix-base32` and `base32`. It appears that when writing a package > > definition I have to use the former with the `(base32 "...")` expression. > > This really confused be because I thought that "base32" means "base32" on > > both sides. What is the deal with this? > > Package definitions expect a nix-base32-formatted string, even though > the macro is called ‘base32’ and not ‘nix-base32’. Internally Guix uses > ‘nix-base32’ exclusively so you shouldn’t have to worry about it. > > HTH, > Ludo’.
