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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] gnu: libxft: Propagate input.
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 16:38:51 +0100
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ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) skribis:

> John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org> skribis:
>
>> +    (propagated-inputs
>> +      `(("libxrender" ,libxrender))) ;; libxft refers to symbols in lib=
xrender,=20
>> +                                     ;; so without it, applications can=
not be built.
>
> The only reasons I can think of where we may want to propagate are when:
>
>   =E2=80=A2 installed C headers (or .scm, or Perl files, etc.) refer to h=
eaders
>     of another library;
>
>   =E2=80=A2 a .pc file lists another .pc in its =E2=80=98Requires=E2=80=
=99 field.

As we discussed on IRC, the reason is that xft.pc refers to =E2=80=98xrende=
r=E2=80=99,
so I just put that in the comment.

Ludo=E2=80=99.