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11:51:38 <fnstudio> hallo! thanks everyone here for kmonad, it seems a very nice tool! i wanted to point out something, if i look at https://github.com/kmonad/kmonad/blob/master/doc/installation.md#gnu-guix the $(guix build kmonad) bit doesn't (any longer?) get expanded to the intended path /gnu/store/...-kmonad-0.4.1/
11:52:25 <fnstudio> instead, it gets expanded to /gnu/store/...-kmonad-0.4.1-static/
11:54:00 <fnstudio> i don't think there's a straightforard way to point at the correct path just by means of a command expansion
11:55:02 <fnstudio> so i'd suggest that gets changed in the docs with a slightly less aestetically pleasant (but correct) path pattern, such as /gnu/store/...-kmonad-0.4.1/
11:56:01 <fnstudio> what do you think? if this seems sensible, what's the best way to go about this? shall i create a tiny PR?
11:58:12 <Solid> fnstudio: the `...` part is just a hash of the binary; i.e., that would be the same for different people right?
11:59:33 <fnstudio> Solid: thanks for getting back to me; yes, the `...` would be the hash, it'd be the same for different people who are installing the software at the same point in time, but it'd change over time (i guess?)
11:59:45 <fnstudio> Solid: so, i'd recommend to have a pattern in the docs
12:00:06 <fnstudio> with the actual ellipsis `...` or something along these lines
12:00:40 <Solid> mh, is there nothing that expands to the binary that we want? manually chasing hashes doesn't sound like a very nice experience :/
12:00:41 <fnstudio> not formally correct as in a regex, but clear for the reader, i suppose?
12:00:50 <fnstudio> Solid: true...
12:01:33 <fnstudio> Solid: i had the chance to briefly raise this in #guix before mentioning this here, and nope, unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a very direct way of doing this - unless...
12:01:49 <fnstudio> unless we're happy to add some grep or awk or similar
12:02:18 <fnstudio> which would make it for a completely automated cut-and-paste experience
12:02:27 <fnstudio> but it'd be a bit more obscure?
12:03:47 <fnstudio> ideally, there should be a more straightforward way for getting the correct path from guix, i think
12:04:25 <fnstudio> the person i spoke to on #guix suggested we could have some `guix whereis` command in the future - but that's just a possible idea for the future
12:08:14 <Solid> it would perhaps be a bit obscure, but I think it'd be worth it not having to manually find stuff
12:09:20 <Solid> fnstudio: if you want, feel free to open a PR :)
12:10:27 <fnstudio> Solid: ok, brilliant, thanks

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