> But, aside from pkg-config, why are those libraries native-inputs
> rather than regular inputs? They package seems to work when they are
> regular inputs.
> 

I misunderstood the meaning of the format of the Arch Linux packages
webpage. I usually reference pages from different Unix-like systems to
find dependencies needed for a program.

> Also, is it really defined by its similarity to Midnight Commander? If
> so, can you say what Midnight Commander is in the description?
> 

It's not quite defined by its similarity to Midnight Commander, though
it was mentioned on MOC's about page. That piece can be omitted.

> Finally, your attached patch had a MIME type of
> application/octet-stream

My mail client (Claws Mail) seems to do this automatically. Try the
attached (and corrected) patch. I've attached it explicitly with a MIME
type of text/plain.