From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Enge Subject: Gs Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 00:05:01 +0200 Message-ID: <20160722220501.GA6445@solar> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35144) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQiZC-000269-8K for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:05:11 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQiZ8-0004W0-6j for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:05:10 -0400 Received: from mailrelay2.public.one.com ([91.198.169.125]:62210) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bQiZ7-0004V7-NW for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jul 2016 18:05:06 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Hello, the following commit commit eb354bdacbf4154ec66038dac07f19bf4ced1fad Author: Ludovic Courtès Date: Mon May 9 15:54:34 2016 +0200 gnu: ghostscript: Do not build the statically-linked 'gs' binary. * gnu/packages/ghostscript.scm (ghostscript)[arguments]: Remove 'build-so' and 'install-so' phases. Replace 'build' and 'install' phases. removes "gs" from the ghostscript package. However, this is the usual program that people expect. For instance, unison uses it for building its documentation. Is there a dynamically linked binary which replaces gs? If yes, should we add a symbolic link? If not, I would suggest to revert this commit. Ceterum censeo that we should not optimise for size by sacrificing functionality and ease of handling (cf. separate outputs). Andreas