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Guix: creating a package from a binary

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Summary

Aloys Berger explains how to create a Guix package from a prebuilt binary (Caddy), covering simple metadata, sourcing the binary via origin, SHA256 verification, and a copy-build-system install plan. The post demonstrates a minimal, reproducible packaging approach and discusses future work to integrate it into a Guix service.

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