From 4aa7dfe47fd282e045ba803b4ede9b2fcbad5005 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Othacehe Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 18:28:51 +0200 Subject: gnu: zlib: Document why "git-fetch" cannot be used. * gnu/packages/guile.scm (guile-zlib): Explain that using "git-fetch" would create and endless inclusion loop here. --- gnu/packages/guile.scm | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/gnu/packages/guile.scm b/gnu/packages/guile.scm index 4b7577f2a2..4c6ae1007c 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/guile.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/guile.scm @@ -783,6 +783,9 @@ manipulate repositories of the Git version control system.") (version "0.0.1") (source (origin + ;; XXX: Do not use "git-fetch" method here that would create and + ;; endless inclusion loop, because this package is used as an extension + ;; in the same method. (method url-fetch) (uri (string-append "https://notabug.org/guile-zlib/guile-zlib/archive/" -- cgit v1.2.3