Hi Ian!
> You can have your source inherit from the original package’s, but with
> modifications -- just like the package itself. This might not be
> exaxtly right, but should give you the right idea:
>
> (define-public u-boot-new-cool-board-arm
> (package
> (inherit ub)
> (version "2024.01")
> (source
> (origin
> (inherit (package-source ub))
> (patches (append (origin-patches (package-source ub))
>
> '("0001-Add-board-description-for-new-cool-board.patch")))))))
>
> Any fields you don’t want to modify will be inherited, so you may be
> able to eliminate the version field as well.
Oh i didn't know i can use inherit for all all (?) record types. On
hindsight it is pretty obvious. Thanks! Your solution works perfect!
By chance, do you know if a transformation would also work and if so,
how?
Thanks
Christoph
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Best regards
Christoph
