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Subject: bug#26170: Bug #26170 Hunting: doc: Explanation of propagated-inputs
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To: 26170@debbugs.gnu.org, "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>

Dear Florian,

You report this bug [1] a couple of years ago about unclear
explanations of the term propagated-inputs.

[1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D26170

The explanations of propagated-inputs are here [2] and short words are
there [3]. Tey have not been changed since your report.

[2] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/package-Reference.html#package=
-Reference
[3] https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Invoking-guix-package.html#Inv=
oking-guix-package


You proposed:

<<
 1) that `propagated-inputs` are automatically installed *to the Guix
profile* and not just the Store like regular inputs and
 2) that C/C++ libraries do not need to be propagated because they can
just as well be loaded from the Store *unless* their header files are
included by header files of another input package (?) and
 3) more examples like the above example for GNOME Evolution (which
however I have yet to finish packaging and submit as a patch; maybe
dconf is a better example =E2=80=93 I presume it is also needed at run time=
 and
not just).
>>

And I agree. I also had issue and I remember asking on IRC explanations.


Do you have already a patch? If no, do you plan to prepare one?


Thank you in advance for any comments.

All the best,
simon