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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-23 16:39:00 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2019-04-23 16:39:00 +0200
commit04fa9c62d94e35fe0a978857458fac3c5e960aed (patch)
tree4af756d687d42a5657762b3c328e44ff3cb6816e /build-aux
parent86b8869ffffad96e06e98d523f287b25684a6fa6 (diff)
downloadguix-04fa9c62d94e35fe0a978857458fac3c5e960aed.tar.gz
build-self: Explain why we keep using deprecated bindings.
* build-aux/build-self.scm (build): Add comment regarding the deprecated
names.
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diff --git a/build-aux/build-self.scm b/build-aux/build-self.scm
index 9619e0e5b2..1ddd2233b0 100644
--- a/build-aux/build-self.scm
+++ b/build-aux/build-self.scm
@@ -399,6 +399,9 @@ files."
   (mlet %store-monad ((build  (build-program source version guile-version
                                              #:pull-version pull-version))
                       (system (if system (return system) (current-system)))
+
+                      ;; Note: Use the deprecated names here because the
+                      ;; caller might be Guix <= 0.16.0.
                       (port   ((store-lift nix-server-socket)))
                       (major  ((store-lift nix-server-major-version)))
                       (minor  ((store-lift nix-server-minor-version))))